'Vote Carefully', Says Twitter Boss After Elon Musk Holds Poll to Introduce 'Edit Button' to Site
09:39 GMT 05.04.2022 (Updated: 13:01 GMT 14.04.2023)
© REUTERS / Rebecca Cook / FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk talks at the Automotive World News Congress at the Renaissance Center in DetroitFILE PHOTO: Elon Musk talks at the Automotive World News Congress at the Renaissance Center in Detroit
© REUTERS / Rebecca Cook / FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk talks at the Automotive World News Congress at the Renaissance Center in Detroit
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Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has become the largest shareholder in Twitter after he bought very nearly 73.5 million (73,486,938) shares last month and has accumulated a 9.2 percent stake in the social media platform.
Elon Musk took to Twitter to conduct a poll on whether users should have an edit button on the microblogging site to modify tweets, a feature that has so fat been unavailable.
"Do you want an edit button?", Musk asked the Twitterati, giving a polling option.
Twitter chief executive Parag Agrawal, responding to Musk's tweet, highlighted the "consequences" of the poll result and urged users to vote "carefully".
"The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully", Agrawal said.
© Photo : TwitterTwitter CEO Parag Agrawal reacts to Elon Musk holding poll on having 'Edit Button' on site
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal reacts to Elon Musk holding poll on having 'Edit Button' on site
© Photo : Twitter
More than two million people voted, of which 73.7 percent said "yes" (or "yse") to an edit button on Twitter and 26.3 percent said "no" (or rather "on") to it.
© Photo : TwitterScreenshot of Twitter polls on having Edit button on microblogging site
Screenshot of Twitter polls on having Edit button on microblogging site
© Photo : Twitter
Musk has recently been critical of Twitter's policies and said it has failed to uphold the principles of free speech.
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