Musk recently bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter, becoming the company's largest shareholder. On the 10th, he launched a poll asking Twitter users whether they support the transformation of Twitter headquarters into a facility for the homeless, and even attracted a reply from his "old enemy", Amazon President Jeff Bezos. The US technology news website "GeekWire" commented that Musk repeatedly shouted Bezos on Twitter about space satellites, lunar aircraft and other issues, but there were not many responses, and Bezos's reply on the 11th was somewhat surprising. However, according to the latest US media reports, Musk has said that he will not join the Twitter board.
After becoming the largest shareholder of Twitter, a series of Tweets attracted attention, for example, he tweeted on the 9th asking, "Most of the top users don't post much, is Twitter going to decline?" "Sparked a wide range of discussions. Musk launched a vote on the 10th, suggesting that Twitter could transform its San Francisco headquarters into a facility for the homeless, "because no one is there anyway", and asked Twitter users whether they support the proposal. 1.9 million Twitter users voted, with 91.3 percent of them saying yes.
Musk's tweet drew a reply from his "old enemy" Bezos. Bezos retweeted Musk's tweet and advised Musk to "either do part of it, [Amazon's project] is going well and making it easy for employees who want to volunteer." He attached a report from GeekWire published in 2020. The report describes Amazon's construction of an 8-story home center on the campus of its headquarters in Seattle to host the homeless. In response to Bezos's suggestion, Musk replied with a "good idea."
According to the report commentary, Musk has repeatedly shouted Bezos on Twitter about space satellites, lunar aircraft and other issues, but there are not many responses, and Bezos's idea of replying to Musk on the 11th is somewhat surprising. GeekWire also mentioned that according to forbes magazine's 2022 billionaire list, Musk is at the top of the list, and Bezos is second.
Although many netizens commented that it was good to see the two rich men show a cooperative attitude in terms of social welfare, there were also media and netizens who seemed to smell a hint of gunpowder in the interaction between Musk and Bezos. The American "Beast Daily" described the interaction between the two as a "pleasant conflict".
Some netizens asked, "Is Musk copying and pasting Bezos' strategy?" ”
Someone told Bezos, "You should buy 9.8 percent of Twitter (more than Musk)." It's an interesting way to spend money on the pursuit of political power. ”
Someone sarcastically commented, "Awesome, now Elon will also take over Amazon, wait and see." ”
Some mentioned that Musk surpassed Bezos on the rich list. Someone commented, "Always remember, Jeff second, Elon first." ”
Someone sarcastically said, "When Elon overtook Jeff on the Forbes list, Jeff thought to himself: You never know how high I flew. ”
On the other hand, some people have a negative view of what Musk and Bezos discussed itself. Someone told Bezos, "Please now provide Amazon employees with affordable housing and a competitive wage so they don't live in fear of homelessness." ”
Another said to the two rich men, "It's easy to say, none of you have actually lived in San Francisco." Try to move here and learn what the rich and the poor in the area really are, rather than imagining ideas that will fall short as soon as you get here. ”
Others commented, "Shouldn't the question be, why are there so many homeless people in the world's leading powers?" ”
It is worth mentioning that Musk has repeatedly shouted Bezos on Twitter, and many media and netizens regard the two as "old enemies". For example, in 2020, after Amazon announced its acquisition of self-driving startup Zoox, Musk tweeted unabashedly that Bezos was a "plagiarism cat" (similar to a "plagiarized dog").