Twitter Will Only Allow Blue Members to Vote on Policy, Elon Musk Says

Twitter will limit voting on main coverage choices to paying Twitter Blue subscribers, firm proprietor Elon Musk mentioned in one in every of his first tweets following a ballot calling for him to step down.

Responding to a Blue member going by the title Unfiltered Boss, Musk agreed with the suggestion that solely subscribers ought to have a voice in future coverage and mentioned, “Twitter will make that change.” A day earlier, the billionaire chief pledged to submit all future coverage choices to a vote and supplied Twitter customers a alternative on management, asking them if he ought to step down.

More than 10 million, or 57.5 % of the vote, have been in favour of Musk relinquishing his position as head of Twitter. He has but to publicly deal with the end result of the ballot, which he dedicated to abiding by when issuing it.

Musk’s dramatic supply got here shortly after he attended the World Cup ultimate match in Qatar, triggering a wave of trending subjects equivalent to “VOTE YES” and “CEO of Twitter.” He did not supply another chief and went as far as to say anybody able to doing the job would not need it.

Musk has warned that Twitter is prone to chapter and instituted a “hardcore” work setting for the remaining staff after a drastic cutback in workers. In his lower than two months on the helm, he has spooked advertisers, alienated Twitter’s most ardent creators and turned the service from a mirrored image of the information of the day into the principle subject.

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