Elon Musk could be set to step down as Twitter boss after users on the platform voted for him to leave.
Musk, 51, assumed the role of CEO at the end of October after firing a host of senior executives and dissolving its board of directors.
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022
The tech billionaire asked users on Sunday evening whether he should step down as the head of the social media platform, promising to abide by the results of his poll.
He wrote: “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.”
The final vote count on Monday showed that 57.5 per cent of users voted in favour of him stepping down as head of the social media company.
Musk is yet to reveal whether he is in fact going to leave the platform following the results.
The poll came as Twitter sparked controversy after announcing that it will remove accounts created for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links to them.
On the policy change, the Twitter support account said: “We recognise that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter.”
It gave examples of content that would be removed, including “follow me @username on Instagram” and “check out my profile on Facebook - facebook.com/username”.
It added: “We still allow crossposting content from any social media platform.”
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who recently invested in Nostr, replied to the Twitter support post with one word: “Why?”
In a reply to another user posting about the Nostr promotion ban, Dorsey said it “doesn’t make sense”.
