Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who bought a multi-billion dollar stake in Twitter, has started asking users what changes they would like to see on the platform.
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"Do you want an edit button?" he tweeted late Monday, asking people to vote yes or no.
Twitter users have been asking for an edit button for years as the platform does not allow any changes after a tweet is posted.
The poll came just hours after it was revealed that Musk had bought a 9.2 percent stake in the company, worth nearly $3 billion, making him the micro-blogging site's largest shareholder and causing the company's shares to rise more than 27 percent.
According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing published Monday, Musk owns 73,486,938 shares of Twitter.
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Reacting to the poll, Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal warned users to "vote carefully.".
“The implications of this poll will be significant. Please vote carefully,” Mr. Agarwal said, echoing Musk’s statement a few days ago when he began questioning Twitter’s commitment to free speech.
Last Friday, the platform's official handle hinted at an edit button. It turns out that what was thought to be an April Fool's Day prank may have been a sincere announcement.
Mr. Musk is one of Twitter's most popular users, with more than 80 million followers. He is also highly prolific, using his account to share memes as well as update people about his life and his companies.
In recent weeks, Musk has used his account to post about Twitter itself and the rules that govern it.
On March 24, he tweeted that he was “concerned about the de facto bias in the ‘Twitter algorithm’ that has a significant impact on public debate” and conducted a poll asking his followers to vote on whether this algorithm should be open sourced.
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A day later, he tweeted that “free speech is essential to a functioning democracy” and polled his followers on whether they thought “Twitter strictly adheres to this principle.” After 70.4 percent of respondents voted no, he asked followers “what should be done?”
Source of information: independent.co.uk
