Elon Musk questions the results of the Twitter poll he initiated
The billionaire, new owner of Twitter, questioned the results of a study he himself had initiated. Voters voted for his departure from the leadership of the social network.
Several American media have assured that Elon Musk had gone in search of a replacement, citing anonymous sources, information that the owner of Twitter rejected.
AFP
On Tuesday, Elon Musk questioned on Twitter the result of a poll he himself had launched on Monday, which gave a majority of voters in favor of his departure from the leadership of the platform.
After becoming the sole owner of the social network on October 27, the billionaire had assured when launching his investigation that he would abide by his result, but in a series of replies to various tweets, he now seems to estimate the result has been distorted by bot- the vote. The result of the poll, which counted 17 million participants, gave a 57% majority in favor of Musk’s departure, less than eight weeks after he took over the group for $44 billion.
But according to a poll conducted by the HarrisX Institute, with its own selection of users of the microblogging platform, 61% of respondents gave in favor of keeping Elon Musk as general manager. “Interesting, this seems to indicate that we have a small bot problem on Twitter,” Elon Musk responded during the institute’s tweet presenting its findings.
HarrisX assures that its poll was conducted independently of Twitter or “any organization associated with Elon Musk”. The comment comes after Elon Musk endorsed a tweet suggesting his poll had been botted. He also said that any new polls would be limited to paying Twitter users. Previously, the businessman had relied on opinion polls to support controversial decisions, such as reactivating former US President Donald Trump’s account, as well as other users who had been suspended.
The result of its latest poll initially led to a rise in the title of Tesla, whose investors are increasingly critical of the attention given to Twitter since the takeover, to the detriment of the carmaker, they believe. Several American media have assured that Elon Musk had gone in search of a replacement, citing anonymous sources, information that the owner of Twitter rejected with a simple mocking emoticon on the social network.
AFP
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