Elon Musk Could Give Us A Twitter Edit Button, Would That Be A Good Thing?
While Elon Musk might have gained enough influence with Twitter to add an edit button, would that be a good thing? In a whirlwind of activity over the last few days, Elon Musk challenged Twitter's stance on free speech, asked about a new platform, announced getting Covid-19 again, promoted SpaceX and Tesla, invested heavily in Twitter, then launched a poll about the edit button. That's a startling sequence and ends with a jab at a sore spot with Twitter, the edit button.
Elon Musk is, of course, the driving force behind Tesla, Space X, The Boring Company, Neuralink and more leading tech companies. A significant amount of these ventures' marketing and press coverage is generated by Musk via his Twitter account. The viral effect of having over 80 million followers to amplify any message gives Musk a powerful voice on a diverse range of topics. Now his social media strength has grown immensely with a seat on the board of Twitterafter having purchased enough stock to become Twitter's largest shareholder.
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The edit button is a popular request from users and was met with a 'probably never' response from previous Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The new Twitter CEO, Parag Agrawal, quoted Musk's poll, noting that this was an important decision and requesting that users vote carefully. The timing suggested Musk might strongly influence Twitter's immediate plans. More specifically, the weight of the biggest shareholder and future board member pointing to overwhelming results in a poll could be enough to make the edit button a reality. The Twitter poll thus far shows over 3.2-million votes, with 73 percent in favor of an edit button. In what is almost certainly an intentional typo,
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