Update 2025-02-19 : Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has say that Musk has since decided to not bring together the Twitter table . Ina tweeton April 11 , Agrawal tell : " Elon is our biggest shareowner and we will stay open to his input . "
Elon Musk has suddenly found himself with even more influence at his favorite substance of communicate with the common masses , Twitter . Yesterday , it was revealed the multi - multi - billionaire had becomethe expectant shareholderof the societal media giant and today it was announced he ’s now on Twitter ’s Board of Directors .
“ Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks , it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board , ” Twitter ’s relatively new CEO Parag Agrawal said ina tweeton Tuesday .
The move cursorily caused stocks to surge and promptly stirred conversation about a much - debated topic among Twitter users : is Musk concerned in infix an “ edit ” clitoris to the platform ?
A few hours before Agrawal ’s promulgation , theworld ’s richest humantweeted out a poll asking “ Do you need an edit push button ? ” with the options “ yse ” and “ on . ” Within hour of posting the poll , millions of users had answer with over 70 percent opting for " yse . "
Musk is infamous for his trollingsense of humorandsarcasmon Twitter , so many are perceiving the canvass to be a joke . However , he did appear to earnestly talk about the topic with follower . One individual suggested an edit button could work if it was only available for a few minutes after posting , to which Musk replied : " That sound reasonable . "
Agrawal quote Musk ’s public opinion poll and said : " The upshot of this poll will be important . Please vote carefully . " Once again , it ’s unclear whether he was being serious or sarcastic . On April Fool ’s Day 2022 , the prescribed Twitter account simplysaid : “ We are run on an edit release , ” suggesting that the thought is n’t being take too seriously .
For the incognizant , the dubiousness of the edit button is a frequent butt of jokes and divisive debate on Twitter . While the changeless lineament of tweet has been a unique selling point in time of the platform , many users have plead for an edit button to fixate issue like embarrassing typos . Covfefe , anyone ?
On the other hand , antagonist of the edit button say it could be used to deceive and lead astray . For instance , someone could go viral for an innocent gag , then edit the Tweet to add villainous content or simply shameless self - promotion .
Who knows what the top heel of Twitter have up their arm , but Musk didnotethat he ’s looking onward to make some " significant improvements to Twitter in approaching months ! " Only time will tell what he believes these " significant melioration " to be .
