Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk and nascent Twitter Inc (NASDAQ: TWTR) shareholder has said Meta Platforms Inc’s (NASDAQ: FB) Facebook gives him "the willies."
What Happened: Musk made the admission early on Tuesday morning in response to Facebook CTO Andrew Bosworth's comments on an edit button feature for social media posts.
Facebook gives me the willies
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2022
Musk’s comments were part of a thread that involved popular podcaster Liz Wheeler, who had argued against adding an edit functionality to Twitter posts.
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“What if a tweet goes viral, lots of retweets & millions of impressions, & then the author completely changes the meaning? Not just a grammatical fix, but a TOTAL ideological change? Or shameless self-promote?" the host of "The Liz Wheeler" show asked.
Here's my argument against an edit button: What if a tweet goes viral, lots of retweets & millions of impressions, & then the author completely changes the meaning? Not just a grammatical fix, but a TOTAL ideological change? Or shameless self-promote?
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) April 5, 2022
Bosworth replied that Facebook had solved the problem by including an indicator that a post had been edited along with a changelog.
On Monday, Musk shared his reasoning on why polls on Twitter are important.
Price Action: Twitter shares jumped 27% to $49.93 in the regular session on Monday and traded 1.2% higher at $50.52 in the after-hours trading. On the same day, Tesla shares closed 5.6% higher at $1,145.45 in the regular session, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
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