Will resign as CEO after I find someone foolish enough to take the job: Musk

Twitters new owner billionaire Elon Musk said he will resign as the social media companys chief executive as soon as he finds someone foolish enough to take the job two days after users voted for him to quit in a poll he ran onlineThe 51yearold billionaire promised earlier to abide by the result of a Twitter poll which saw 575 per cent of users vote yes to him quitting the roleI will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job After that I will just run the software and servers teams Musk tweeted on Tuesday Musk added the tweet to his earlier post on Sunday in which he had asked in an online poll if he should step down as head of TwitterI will abide by the results of this poll he had saidOver 17 million votes were cast in the poll that began on Sunday evening and ended early on Monday morning with most respondents voting in the affirmative CNN reportedAlso Read Step down Elon Muskrsquos poll on Twitter gives verdictMusk had not immediately reacted to the outcome of the vote and declared two days after the poll that he will resign as soon as he finds someone foolish enough to take the jobHe had tweeted on Sunday Should I step down as head of Twitter I will abide by the results of this pollAs the saying goes be careful what you wish as you might get it Musk added in a later tweetA total of 575 per cent voted yes after Musk asked his 122 million followers whether he should stand downIn the past Musk has obeyed Twitter polls Hes fond of quoting the phrase vox populi vox dei a Latin phrase that roughly means the voice of the people is the voice of GodSince buying Twitter for USD 44 billion and taking over as the CEO in late October Musk who also runs Tesla and SpaceX has journeyed from one controversy to the nextMusk also announced on Twitter that major policy changes would be voted on moving forwardThe poll comes as Twitter says it will shut down accounts solely designed to promote other social media platformsThe measure would also affect accounts that link off to or contain usernames from platforms such as Facebook Instagram Mastodon Truth Social Tribel Nostr and Post the company said in a tweetBut crosscontent posting from other sites will still be allowed Twitter had already blocked users from sharing some links to Mastodon the platform many Twitter users moved to after Musks takeoverBut in a series of tweets on Sunday Twitter said We recognise that many of our users are active on other social media platforms However we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on TwitterSpecifically we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms Facebook Instagram Mastodon Truth Social Tribel Nostr and PostMusks announcement was the latest in a series of decisions by Twitter to generate blowback after the suspension last week of more than half a dozen journalists who report on MuskMusk immediately fired several top executives including its IndianAmerican CEO Parag Agrawal and laid off about half of Twitters staff after he took over as head of the social media platform in OctoberHe then gave an ultimatum to the remaining staff that they need to do extremely hardcore work or leave resulting in another thousand or so employees quitting the companyMusk has started stopped and restarted a revised verification system that costs USD 8 for a blue check markThe billionaires approach to content moderation has also been criticised with some civil liberties groups accusing him of taking steps that will increase hate speech and misinformationOn Friday he reinstated a number of journalists he had suspended for allegedly sharing location data about him after the EU and UN called it an attack on press freedomReporters for the New York Times CNN and the Washington Post were among those locked out of their accountsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever