Reactions to Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter have been mixed

Propon Musk's takeover of Twitter's supporters and opponents don't know what the fate of the 'Little Blue Bird' will be (Al Jazeera)

Laid Ayub - Al Jazeera

April 27, 2022

The day after any major event is always considered to wake up from a beautiful dream or a terrible nightmare, and after the surprise intoxication disappears, people's perceptions differ between optimism and pessimism.

Yesterday, Monday, April 25, billionaire and "Tesla" maker Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, which was a thunderbolt for Little Blue Bird Twitter and its users, which also shocked followers who found that the speed of the acquisition and the amount paid were questionable.

"Inside the cage" situation

The reaction began with "inside the cage," with former Twitter owner Jack Dorsey tweeting about a deal to officially sell the company to U.S. billionaire Elon Musk for $44 billion.

Jack Dorsey said in a series of tweets, "I love Twitter... Twitter is the closest thing we have to global awareness. ”

He added, "Ideas and services are important to me, I will do everything I can to protect both, Twitter as a company has always been my only problem and my biggest regret ... Getting it out of Wall Street is the right first step. ”

Dorsey explains, "In principle, I don't think anyone should own or manage Twitter... We want it to be a protocol-level public good, not a company. ”

But to solve problems as a company, Elon Musk is the only solution I can trust, and I believe his mission is to extend the light of consciousness, and his goal of creating a platform (ultimately trustworthy and broadly comprehensive) is the right goal.

Dorsey said, "This is also the goal of Parag Agravar and why I chose him ... Thank you both for getting the company out of the impossible... It's the right path... I think so wholeheartedly. ”

As for the new CHIEF Executive, Parag Agravar — who told his employees days ago that Twitter wouldn't be held hostage by anyone — he now appears to be trying to allay the concerns of employees who were surprised by the deal.

CEO Agravar said at a full-staff meeting on Monday that there are no layoffs planned and so are the company's priorities.

Agravar said that once Musk takes office, "we don't know which direction the company might take," as the employees who attended the meeting put it.

As for employees, their comments range from sarcasm, with fear, with anger, and with some optimism, people working in social networks are trying to predict their future at a company owned by a billionaire who can't predict what he might do.

Edward Perez, Twitter's director of community health product management, tweeted Monday after the deal was announced, "This is a truly unsettling and uncertain time," adding, "Most of us firmly believe that Twitter is more than just a technology platform, we have a great responsibility to the community, and I hope our new owners know this." ”

Within minutes of Musk announcing the acquisition of Twitter, employees of the company's internal Slack messaging channel have begun to say they plan to resign, according to some employees.

One employee said many openly asked in Slack's internal channels what the acquisition meant for employees who disagreed with Elon Musk and the company's diversification program.

Supporters and opponents tweeted

Previously, some people thought that former US President Donald Trump would be the happiest person for Elon Musk to acquire the Twitter platform - Trump's favorite platform - which means that he will be able to freely tweet on the platform, especially the new owner's call for raising the free speech ceiling on the platform, but surprisingly, the former US president made it clear in an interview with Fox News that if the Tesla boss bought Twitter, he may not return to the platform, and he does not know why Trump took such an offensive stance.

Elon Musk's main rival, Jeff Bezos, posted a malicious tweet late Monday designed to test the new Twitter owner's patience with free speech.

The huge competition between the two is not hidden, from the competition for the world's richest man to the competition for space, and now the competition in the field of media and influence, all of which has made the relationship between the two a contest.

As for the other person who has remained silent so far, it is Bill Gates, and the billionaire Microsoft founder and twitter owner has a long history of controversy inside and outside the platform, perhaps the most recent time elon Musk has been two days ago.

Elon Musk mocked Bill Gates on social media, comparing him to an emoji depicting pregnant women after accusing Microsoft's founders of trying to hurt Tesla's stock by allegedly selling a large number of shares short.

Musk claimed he texted each other with Gates, who said he wanted to "discuss the possibility of philanthropy" with the heads of Tesla and SpaceX, and Musk added that he was in no mood to work with Gates after the software pioneer used his $500 million stake in Tesla to damage the company's stock.

After all this controversy, tweets from Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk, began asking his worst critics to stay on the platform, which is what free speech means.

Source : Al Jazeera Chinese