Twitter users react to Hindi tweets on layoffs thinking they are from Elon Musk
Netizens on Saturday were bewildered at Twitter's new chief, Elon Musk tweeting in Hindi wherein he was stating that the platform will charge USD 8 per month for blue tick users.
Notably, social media users were discussing the massive layoff of employees and his new rules and regulations for Twitter.
With the hashtag #TwitterLayoffs, the post is shared from an account that at the first glance looks like the handle of the tech billionaire.
However, the handle, with username @iawoolford, from which the post is shared created the confusion with the blue tick beside the profile name.
It initially led many to believe that Musk shared the tweet himself.
Reacting to massive layoffs, many of the post written in Hindi has gone viral.
"Twitter will be divided into pieces, even Twitter gang will have to pay USD 8."
Another tweet read, "This bird is sold." The Twitter user used the line imitating the viral "Government bik gayi" meme. The post is complete with a pic from the viral meme.
"This time the broom will run, this time the broom will run! The broom will hit the corrupt Twitter!!" read another tweet by @iawoolford.
The post had a Bollywood angle too, wherein a famous dialogue from the movie, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, wherein, Shahrukh Khan uses the dialogue, "Small things like this keep happening in big countries... isn't it?"
He also used a famous Bhojpuri song sung by Pawan Singh - "Kamariya Kare Lapalap, Key Lollipop Lagelu."
Meanwhile, Musk does not get affected by the criticism he has been receiving over his decision to charge Twitter users to get verified accounts.
On Saturday, Musk took to Twitter and reiterated his stance on the blue tick fee.
"Trash me all day, but it'll cost $8," he tweeted.
After Musk became the new CEO of
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