Elon Musk Deleted These Tweets After Rejecting Twitter Board Seat

On the weekend Elon Musk was anticipated to hitch Twitter’s board, the billionaire tweeted to his about 81 million followers concepts and modifications he needed to deliver to the micro-blogging platform and deleted just a few of these tweets hours after rejecting the seat.

The week-long drama began when Musk disclosed a 9.1 % stake in Twitter on April 4 and later mentioned he would take a board seat. But turning into a director would have prevented Musk from turning into a helpful proprietor of greater than 14.9 % of Twitter’s frequent inventory.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, its co-founder Jack Dorsey and Musk have tweeted their manner via agreements, plans and congratulatory messages because the disclosure.

Here are some tweets Musk printed and erased after disclosing his stake:

April 10, 2022 Musk polled followers on Twitter asking whether or not the corporate’s headquarters in San Francisco ought to be transformed right into a homeless shelter. The tweet is now deleted. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had backed Musk’s concept.

On April 10, 2022 Twitter CEO Agrawal shared a observe on Twitter saying that Musk rejected the corporate’s provide to hitch its board. Musk deleted the tweet, the place he responded with an emoticon with a face-with-hand-over-mouth.

Earlier that day, Musk began a ballot asking if “w” ought to be deleted from Twitter’s identify, leaving two voting choices, “yes” and “of course.” He deleted that too.

A day earlier than, with respect to Twitter’s enterprise mannequin, Musk tweeted earlier than deleting it: “And no ads. The power of corporations to dictate policy is greatly enhanced if Twitter depends on advertising money to survive.” Musk additionally tweeted “Everyone who signs up for Twitter Blue (i.e. pays $3/month) should get an authentication checkmark” about its subscription service that provides “exclusive access to premium features” on a month-to-month foundation. Later, he deleted the tweet.

On April 5, Parag Agrawal additionally tweeted Musk was being appointed to Twitter’s board. “He’s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on @Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term”, a follow-on tweet mentioned.

Jack Dorsey additionally welcomed Musk to Twitter’s board in a tweet and added: “Parag and Elon both lead with their hearts, and they will be an incredible team.”

Just a day earlier than Agrawal’s tweet, Musk posted a Twitter ballot asking customers in the event that they needed an edit button. “Do you want an edit button?” Musk requested within the tweet, in response to which Agrawal mentioned the results of the ballot will likely be necessary. “Please vote carefully,” he tweeted. Earlier that day, tweeting for the primary time because the disclosure of his stake in Twitter, Musk mentioned, “Oh hi lol”

On March 26, Musk mentioned Twitter failing to stick to free speech rules basically undermines democracy and requested if new platform was wanted.