Twitter needs a new CEO in wake of Musk's resignation

[discocrisco01]

Source: ABC News

After polling Twitter users, Elon Musk on Tuesday night said he will resign as head of the social media platform.

"I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software & servers teams," he tweeted.

Musk polled Twitter users Sunday night on whether he should step down as head of the company.

The poll ended Monday morning, with 57.5% of voters saying he should step down and 42.5% saying he shouldn't.

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[pnwmom]

1. This is meaningless. He still has the most important job, heading software and servers.

The new CEO is just a P.R. stunt.

[lapfog_1]

4. This would only leave sales...since he disbanded the compliance team

and we all know that sales are going badly.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Actually, in social media, that is not the most important job. But he is still Chairman of the Board

... as far as I know. By controlling a majority of shares he controls a majority of the board.

But in social media, engineering software and servers is a relatively mundane job.

In social media, what really counts is policy. Who to ban, who to give free rein, who to boost by algorithms. The board and CEO (hand picked by Musk) set the policies. Like whether checkmarks are sold or handed out, whether disinformation is spewed or inhibited, what advertisers are to be courted by policy, what other apps to partner with, etc.

Implementing policies is comparatively straightforward. Of course, engineers might come up with novel policies options. But I think Mollusk is just going to throw a whole bunch of AI at it, without enlightenment or real understanding.

Policy is what made Twitter a success: bona fides for real people like journalists, labor-intensive moderating alongside automation.

Policy is what the Egoloon blew up and what made advertisers flee.

[brooklynite]

16. There isn't a chairman of the board.

There isn’t a board. It’s a private company. There are only two stockholders.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Well, thanks, I didn't know that, but same diff. Musk selects and directs the CEO. . . . nt

[BWdem4life]

2. Pretty sure Snoop Dogg has already volunteered. nt

[kysrsoze]

3. The prick already said no one can do the job without bankrupting the company. 100% bullshit.

He's full of it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Yeah, saviour-complex writ large. CEO will get over-ridden a lot. Does not bode well for Twitter,

... but might be slightly better than if Musk ran the whole show.

Musk is clever, but not wise. If he were wise, he'd install a strong leader as CEO and then listen carefully. He won't. And no strong CEO will be much interested in butting heads with Egoloon.

[SouthernDem4ever]

8. Anyone who works for musk is foolish

I am sure they are just there for the money, if they can stand it.

[CountAllVotes]

9. Awwwwwwww .......

What will twitter do w/o Musk?

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Install a sub hack

[Joinfortmill]

11. Good luck with that. Musk is a fascist.

[Javaman]

12. musky wants a puppet. he will still be in control just a man behind the curtain.

smoke and mirrors folks. he will still own twitter.

[marble falls]

13. "I am maybe, might resigning, and if maybe I do, I'll still be pulling the strings."

[twodogsbarking]

14. Steve Bannon?

[cstanleytech]

15. Hope they have a large fire extinguisher to put out the dumpster fire that Musk turned Twitter into.