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In a recent live interview with the BBC, Elon Musk said that running Twitter has been both “quite painful” and “a rollercoaster.”

What’s Musk going to do about it? Well, with the tech billionaire’s eccentric personality, no one can know for sure. However, he goes on to say that if the right person came along, he’d be open to selling the company.

Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion USD (roughly $59 billion CAD) back in October of last year. Since then, he’s been no stranger to offering ‘creative’ approaches to running the company, including covering up the ‘w’ on the Twitter headquarters building to have it read ‘Titter’ instead.

The interview with BBC covered a variety of topics, including the company’s mass lay-offs, the CEO’s work habits and the spread of misinformation on the platform.

Elon Musk says running Twitter has been “quite painful” in BBC interviewhttps://t.co/kyb9npnGd5 pic.twitter.com/2f4q7Z2sXN

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 12, 2023

Musk said the “pain level has been extremely high, this hasn’t been some kind of party,” when asked if he had any regrets about acquiring the company.

Despite being open to selling just months after initially completing the takeover, Musk stands by his decision, saying that buying the company was the right thing to do.

Mr. Musk goes on to say that although it was the right decision, it’s come with its fair share of challenges. “I sometimes sleep in the office”, he said, admitting he crashes on a couch in a library “that nobody goes to.”

Apart from the workload, Musk also touched on his controversial tweets, saying that he’s shot himself in the foot multiple times and that he thinks he should stop tweeting after 3am.

The multi-billionaire found himself in more hot water recently when a label was added to the BBC’s main Twitter account describing it as ‘government-funded media,’ something that Musk says the corporation is “generally not thrilled with.”

In the same vein, Canadian MP Pierre Poilievre has officially called for Twitter to label CBC as government-funded media, to “protect Canadians against disinformation and manipulation by state media.” In the tweet, Poilievre attached a signed letter to Twitter asking for the change.

In an effort to be accurate, Musk has said Twitter is changing the label to state ‘publically funded.’

Musk goes on to address several other concerns during the over the hour-long interview, but the key takeaway is that he seems to have realized that he’s bitten off more than he can chew with his role as Twitter CEO.

Source: BBC

On April 6th, the Twitter headquarters sign was partially covered by a white tarp, courtesy of CEO Elon Musk, who has now confirmed that the move was his responsibility.

Why would the tech billionaire cover up his own company’s branding on purpose, you might ask? Well, let’s just say that there was a reason the sign was only partially covered. That’s right, the Twitter sign in San Francisco now reads “Titter” instead.

Although some Musk fans can still be found chuckling helplessly online over the CEO’s playground humour, Twitter’s landlord did not take kindly to the gag. Musk stated that the company was informed that they are legally required to keep the name “Twitter” on the sign.

Musk’s solution was probably exactly what you would have expected, given his already-established childlike banter.

“Our landlord at SF HQ says we’re legally required to keep sign as Twitter & cannot remove “w”, so we painted it background color. Problem solved!” Musk said in a tweet.

Our landlord at SF HQ says we’re legally required to keep sign as Twitter & cannot remove “w”, so we painted it background color. Problem solved! pic.twitter.com/1iFjccTbUq

— Harry Bōlz (@elonmusk) April 10, 2023

Naturally, the CEO followed up with a punchline that would have even the sternest eight-year-old snickering with glee.

“They tried to muffle our titter 🤭” the social media head tweeted.

This move follows other jokes from Musk involving similar subject matter. Back in October 2021, he tweeted that he planned on starting a new university called the “Texas Institute of Technology & Science,” or “TITS” for short.

Very clever, Elon.

Musk also polled his 134 million followers on the platform last year on whether or not to change the company’s name to “Titter.”

Regardless of whether these “changes” are here to stay or just another one of Musk’s temporary wisecracks is yet to be seen. As for now though, don’t be alarmed if images of a massive “Titter” sign begin to circulate on your social media.

Source: @ElonMusk Via: Gizmodo

We already know that Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that he doesn’t believe in “manipulating public opinion,” and hence he disbanded Tesla’s Public Relations (PR) department back in October 2020.

Now, with his new venture Twitter, Elon Musk is taking a different route. Instead of completely disbanding its press email, Musk Tweeted that any emails sent to press@twitter.com will now be auto-responded with the poop emoji.

MobileSyrup can confirm that the development is true, and sending an inquiry email to the press account does indeed lead to an auto-reply with the poop emoji.

It’s worth noting that Twitter’s PR team was dedicatedly active until Musk took over the social media company in October last year. He then decided to lay off more than half of Twitter’s employees in a bid to cut costs and the social media company’s communication team was one of the first to go.

The same is true for Musk’s other companies, including Starlink.  Company investors have begged Musk to reinstate a PR team for Tesla and Starlink, but he doesn’t think such a department is necessary.

The best way to get word from the company is to spray and pray Musk on Twitter, and hope he replies.

Are you 12

— Dan Saffer (@odannyboy) March 19, 2023

In other Twitter-related news, the company is forcing users to switch from SMS 2FA to other authentication methods like a dedicated authentication application.

Source: @elonmusk