Elon Musk announces he’s stepping down as Twitter CEO, but will he really leave?

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After losing in a poll earlier this week, Twitter’s new CEO Elon Musk finally responded (two days later) that he would eventually exit Twitter.

But… will he really leave?

If he does leave, Musk ‘s short time at the helm of Twitter will have been tumultuous for the platform’s users and he was having a little too much fun with it… according to many!

Musk has been leading the company with some crazy comments and polls… the last poll listed was about his own place in the company.

“Should I step down as head of Twitter?,” he said, as he had in previous polls.

The poll received over 17 million votes and 57.5% of users responded yes!

Let’s remember that since his takeover of Twitter (and the many controversies that followed), several advertisers have withdrawn their ads, depriving the platform of valuable revenue (and the Blue Twitter at $8 per month, introduced by Musk, does not seem to compensate for these losses).

However, the last week has been the height of chaos for Twitter as the CEO decided to ban journalists (including major Musk critics) from the platform for rather dubious reasons! This decision created a wave of indignation and many voices were raised to denounce Musk for his practices considered harmful to the freedom of the press.

Tesla shareholders (a company that Musk seems to have abandoned in recent months) have added to the debate, accusing him of being at the origin of the fall in Tesla’s share value (with his mismanagement of Twitter).

In short, things are really not going well for the billionaire!

Finally, Musk responded to the poll, tweeting:

“I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!”

As for his future involvement with the company, he said:

“After that, I’ll be content to lead the software and server teams.”

The chaos on Twitter is certainly not over…

To be continued!