Elon Musk appeared to cast doubt on a Twitter poll that said he should step down from running the platform.
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Musk responded to a series of tweets on Monday night from friendly users who suggested the poll results could have been skewed by “bots.”
“Interesting,” Musk replied to a tweet pondering the prevalence of bots in the poll.
ELON MUSK SHOULD BE FIRED AS TWITTER BOSS, ACCORDING TO MILLIONS OF USERS
Very interesting when you compared the number of votes versus the number of likes on the tweets.
Did bots brigade the Elon poll yesterday? @elonmusk https://t.co/kLnm540itw
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) December 19, 2022
The user compared the poll about whether Musk should step down with one he conducted in November about whether former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account should be reinstated. Despite both polls accumulating almost 15 million participants, the survey about Musk’s status as CEO drew about 500,000 fewer likes.
Musk posted the poll asking users if he should step down on Sunday in the wake of widespread criticism for the banning of a number of reporters. Musk claimed they were booted from the platform for “doxxing” him by publishing the whereabouts of his private jet — something some of them denied doing. Some 57.5% of respondents said Musk should step down, compared to 42.5% who wanted him to remain on board.
Many of those journalists had been reporting on the recent suspension of accounts run by a teenager who managed @elonjet, which tracked the movements of Musk’s private plane.
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Prior to posting the latest poll, Musk pledged to deploy polls before implementing “major policy changes” and apologized for not doing so previously.
