New Twitter CEO to start in six weeks, says Elon Musk

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Elon Musk has tweeted that he's hired a new CEO for X/Twitter and that she'll be starting in about six weeks -- but who it is, isn't clear.

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Musk also stated that his role would transition to executive chair and chief technology officer, overseeing product, software, and system operations.

Excited to announce that I've hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!

My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops.

-- Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

May 11, 2023

Musk has not stated who the CEO is, only that she would start in about six weeks.

This marks only one of a number of recent changes for Twitter in recent history. In April, Musk-owned X Corp. absorbed Twitter Inc. as the first step to becoming an "everything app" similar to China's WeChat.

In February, Twitter transitioned text-based two-factor authentication to a subscriber-only feature. The company cited how text-based 2FA can "be used - and abused - by bad actors," and that it wouldn't allow accounts to enroll in SMS 2FA unless they were Twitter Blue subscribers

In January, Twitter updated its developer agreement to explicitly prohibit third-party app makers from creating their own clients using the company's API.

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ronn

Carly Fiorina? If so, maybe she'll finalize Twitter's destruction!!   

cpsro

Musk has already caused too much damage and will still have too much control.

killroy

Now who is dumb or evil enough to take the job?.

meterestnz

Hum, I’m not a Titter user, unless I’m following a link from elsewhere. But, it seems to me Musk is the only social media CEO who is not manipulating and attempting to control public opinion. That to me as a plus. I get that the so called left does not like him at all. 

godofbiscuits

meterestnz said:

Hum, I’m not a Titter user, unless I’m following a link from elsewhere. But, it seems to me Musk is the only social media CEO who is not manipulating and attempting to control public opinion. That to me as a plus. I get that the so called left does not like him at all. 

That's hilarious.  You forgot the clown emoji, tho.

chasm

meterestnz said:

Hum, I’m not a Titter user, unless I’m following a link from elsewhere. But, it seems to me Musk is the only social media CEO who is not manipulating and attempting to control public opinion. That to me as a plus. I get that the so called left does not like him at all. 

Well, it’s “free speech” in the sense that Nazis and scam pushers get their tweets promoted if they pay $8, but to say Musk isn’t manipulating public opinion when:

1) He ordered software engineers to push his tweets to all users regardless of what they choose to view, and

2) He has repeatedly pushed certain conspiracy theories, provable falsehoods, and controversial viewpoints by re-tweeting them

Is just ignorant or at best willfully selective about what constitutes “manipulation.”

Xed

ronn said:

Carly Fiorina? If so, maybe she'll finalize Twitter's destruction!!   

Elizabeth Holmes.

Xed

chasm said:

meterestnz said:

Hum, I’m not a Titter user, unless I’m following a link from elsewhere. But, it seems to me Musk is the only social media CEO who is not manipulating and attempting to control public opinion. That to me as a plus. I get that the so called left does not like him at all. 

Well, it’s “free speech” in the sense that Nazis and scam pushers get their tweets promoted if they pay $8, but to say Musk isn’t manipulating public opinion when:

1) He ordered software engineers to push his tweets to all users regardless of what they choose to view, and

2) He has repeatedly pushed certain conspiracy theories, provable falsehoods, and controversial viewpoints by re-tweeting them

Is just ignorant or at best willfully selective about what constitutes “manipulation.”

Don't forget him banning and censoring anyone that says bad things about him on Twitter. Only an idiot would claim he actually cares about free speech when he has made it clear through his actions that he only wants certain hate speech to filter through.

anonymouse

So, if Musk will still be, "overseeing product, software & sysops", what exactly will this new "CEO" be doing?

Stabitha_Christie

ronn said:

Carly Fiorina? If so, maybe she'll finalize Twitter's destruction!!   

Finalize Twitter's Destruction is probably my favorite Megadeath song in the last decade or so.

waveparticle

Wait until Musk release TruthGPT. 

Xed

waveparticle said:

Wait until Musk release TruthGPT. 

🤣🤣🤣

killroy

chasm said:

meterestnz said:

Hum, I’m not a Titter user, unless I’m following a link from elsewhere. But, it seems to me Musk is the only social media CEO who is not manipulating and attempting to control public opinion. That to me as a plus. I get that the so called left does not like him at all. 

Well, it’s “free speech” in the sense that Nazis and scam pushers get their tweets promoted if they pay $8, but to say Musk isn’t manipulating public opinion when:

1) He ordered software engineers to push his tweets to all users regardless of what they choose to view, and

2) He has repeatedly pushed certain conspiracy theories, provable falsehoods, and controversial viewpoints by re-tweeting them

Is just ignorant or at best willfully selective about what constitutes “manipulation.”

And don't forget, calling people that are trying to rescue children, pedophiles, and playing games with SEC.

killroy

Xed said:

waveparticle said:

Wait until Musk release TruthGPT. 

🤣🤣🤣

Man don't give him any ideas.

fastasleep

Dooofus said:

It makes me happy that he will still be very involved in the company in a hands-on way. I really do enjoying seeing all those lefties driving Teslas and wondering what they must feel like being Elon's bitches.

User name checks out.