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Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll

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Re: Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll

#51

I think if the poll says 'yes' and he does truly abide by it, I think it will show some honesty around the whole 'public town square' and 'for the people' rhetoric he has espoused. I'd be quite impressed. However, he has a history of noble intents on Twitter (eg the 'end world hunger' thing) followed by lack of follow-through, so I can imagine a scenario where the poll comes out 'yes' and he doesn't abide by the resu…

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Re: Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll

#53
post #19

I think he only posts polls when he believes he knows the outcome already. Yesterday he posted a poll about unsuspending the journalist accounts and when the outcome wasn't what he wanted instead of following the majority vote he posted it again with different options (with the same result, which he did abide by the second time). I think this indicates he's tired of Twitter already. But he still owns it, so who will…

Absolutely. This is one last attempt to frame his failure and giving up as being his dedication to “vox populi”.

Right after a massively unpopular policy decision.

He can't control the narrative anymore.

Re: Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll

#55

Am I cynical in thinking that if you vote yes, it’s a permanent record on your Twitter account, which he can then use later to mete out anti-musk retaliation punishments? I mean, it’s not like he’s used the platform to do punish anyone who opposes him or his views before. Maybe I’m reading by too much into it.

There are currently almost a million Yes votes, so you'll have to stand in a very long line for your punishment.

Re: Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll

#58
Elon Musk posted "Vox Populi, Vox Dei" on 19 Oct and 19 Nov.

Today is 19 Dec, and in 12 hours he'll post again that the people have spoken. He's playing some sort of game.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1582778449583693836

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1593769469741932544

Re: Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll

#59
The fact that he can’t lead without doing these idiotic polls shows that he’s not fit to lead twitter.

The whole point of being an exec is that you make the big difficult decisions, not defer them to a mass of people who couldn’t possibly understand the nuance of any one decision.

Re: Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll

#60

Am I cynical in thinking that if you vote yes, it’s a permanent record on your Twitter account, which he can then use later to mete out anti-musk retaliation punishments? I mean, it’s not like he’s used the platform to do punish anyone who opposes him or his views before. Maybe I’m reading by too much into it.

I mean, what's he going to do, set Roko's Basilisk on you?
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