New Delhi: On Sunday, Elon Musk who has disclosed a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, and has joined the board of directors, began a poll on his Twitter handle with more than 81 million followers.
He asked his followers if Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters should be converted to a homeless shelter as “no one shows up (to work there) anyway”.
Within three hours the poll got more than 6.3 lakh votes, and 91% voted yes.
A few days ago Elon Musk was welcomed on the panel of the Board of Directors. That came after it was revealed that Elon Musk would be holding a 9.2 percent stake in the company. This makes him the largest shareholder of Twitter.
Apart from this poll, Elon Musk proposed a few modifications to the Twitter Blue subscription service including lowering the price, prohibiting advertising, and allowing users to pay in cryptocurrencies. He also made a proposal stating Twitter Blue subscribers should receive an “authentication checkmark”, which would be distinct from the verification of public figures and official accounts. Bookmark folders, undo tweet option, and reader mode is among the features available to Twitter Blue subscribers.
He agreed with a user who suggested a cheaper subscription price for Argentina, saying the cost “should be proportionate to affordability & in local currency.”
He also agreed with one user who proposed lowering subscription rates in Argentina. He replied that the price has to be “proportionate to affordability and in local currency”.
Musk is a supporter of Cryptocurrencies. However, if there’s one token that he has promoted more than the others, it’s Dogecoin. Expressing his support again for the meme coin, Musk again alluded to the cryptocurrency by tweeting that Twitter Blue users could also have an option to pay in Doge.
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