Should Elon Musk step down as head of Twitter?

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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk bought social media giant Twitter earlier this year, and has brought into force many sudden and radical changes to the site. Responding to his own poll over the weekend which asked whether he should step down as the website’s boss, the platform’s users delivered their verdict this morning, with a sizeable majority calling for him to step down. But what do you think he should do? Vote in our poll.

Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX fame and, until last week, the world’s richest man according to Forbes, became Twitter’s largest shareholder back in April.

After pulling out of an initial $44billion (£36billion) acquisition, Mr Musk eventually went through with the deal, taking the San Francisco-based social media company private in his name on October 27.

The 51-year-old became CEO as part of the purchase and wasted no time in implementing an agenda of drastic reforms.

In the weeks since his takeover, Mr Musk has been at the centre of much controversy for firing a considerable portion of the platform’s employees without notice, welcoming previously banned figures back to the site, and for beginning to charge users $8 (£6.50) a month for a blue certification tick.

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Mr Musk has also used his personal account a number of times to test the waters ahead of policy changes. On Sunday, he asked his followers whether he should resign as CEO.

Less than half an hour later, he tweeted the warning: “As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it.”

The poll closed on Monday morning with a majority of the 17.5 million respondents (57.5 percent) calling for Mr Musk to step down. 

Although he promised to abide by the results, it remains unclear whether he will in fact do so.

But what do YOU think? Should Elon Musk leave his post as CEO of Twitter? Vote in our poll and leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

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