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)


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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  • Reply 1 of 16
    ronnronn Posts: 704member
    Carly Fiorina? If so, maybe she'll finalize Twitter's destruction!!  :D 
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  • Reply 2 of 16
    cpsrocpsro Posts: 3,269member
    Musk has already caused too much damage and will still have too much control.
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  • Reply 3 of 16
    killroykillroy Posts: 294member
    Now who is dumb or evil enough to take the job?.
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  • Reply 4 of 16
    meterestnzmeterestnz Posts: 92member
    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. 
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  • Reply 5 of 16
    godofbiscuitsgodofbiscuits Posts: 249member
    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.
    chasmronnAlex_Vtyler82anonymousewatto_cobramikethemartianwilliamlondonkillroyjony0
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  • Reply 6 of 16
    chasmchasm Posts: 3,724member
    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.”
    edited May 2023
    ronnAlex_Vtyler82muthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobradewmewilliamlondonjony0
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  • Reply 7 of 16
    Xedxed Posts: 3,113member
    ronn said:
    Carly Fiorina? If so, maybe she'll finalize Twitter's destruction!!  :D 
    Elizabeth Holmes.
    watto_cobraronndewmejony0
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  • Reply 8 of 16
    Xedxed Posts: 3,113member
    chasm 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.
    muthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobraronnwilliamlondonjony0
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  • Reply 9 of 16
    anonymouseanonymouse Posts: 7,060member
    So, if Musk will still be, "overseeing product, software & sysops", what exactly will this new "CEO" be doing?
    watto_cobraronnwilliamlondonStabitha_Christie
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  • Reply 10 of 16
    Stabitha_Christiestabitha_christie Posts: 710member
    ronn said:
    Carly Fiorina? If so, maybe she'll finalize Twitter's destruction!!  :D 
    Finalize Twitter's Destruction is probably my favorite Megadeath song in the last decade or so.
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  • Reply 11 of 16
    waveparticlewaveparticle Posts: 1,497member
    Wait until Musk release TruthGPT. 
    Xedwilliamlondonjony0
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  • Reply 12 of 16
    Xedxed Posts: 3,113member
    waveparticle said:
    Wait until Musk release TruthGPT. 
    🤣🤣🤣
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  • Reply 13 of 16
    killroykillroy Posts: 294member
    chasm 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.
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  • Reply 14 of 16
    killroykillroy Posts: 294member
    Xed said:
    waveparticle said:
    Wait until Musk release TruthGPT. 
    🤣🤣🤣

    Man don't give him any ideas.
    ronn
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  • Reply 15 of 16
    fastasleepfastasleep Posts: 6,472member
    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.
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