Twitter users woke up April 4 and found the words “Elon” and “Elon Musk” trending on the site — not because the world’s richest, most-followed businessman had caused a stir with his futuristic companies, but because he’d disclosed a major stake in Twitter Inc.
His stake still secret, Musk began tweeting criticisms of the company in late March.
“Worried about de facto bias in the Twitter algorithm having a major effect on public; Twitter algorithm should be open source,” Musk tweeted on March 24. “Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy. Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?” Musk asked his Twitter followers in a poll posted on March 25.Is a new platform needed?Several users commenting on the Tesla chief executive officer’s tweet recommended he look into buying Twitter instead. Soon they would find out he was already acquiring shares.
Musk posted another poll on Twitter asking users to vote on whether they wanted the company to add an edit button that would allow people to change tweets after they’ve been published.to “vote carefully” on the poll. “The consequences of this poll will be important.”to join the board. Musk signaled that he would sign an agreement stipulating that he could not own more than 14.9% of the company’s stock.
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