George Takei  šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆšŸ––šŸ½Dec 19, 2022
Think heā€™ll actually step down now as Twitterā€™s CEO? I actually think so, but only because heā€™s miserable trying to do that job and failing so badly at it.
Show threadMarco Arment

@georgetakei Would it matter, though, since he still owns it all with no board?

Wouldnā€™t he just install a sycophant as the public face, but continue to have all of the control behind the scenes to direct everything as he desires?

(love your work and social causes, BTW ā€” thank you for your contributions to the world!)

Dec 19, 2022 at 3:48pmIvory for iOS
Show threadJeffDec 19, 2022

@marcoarment @georgetakei It seems like he might just wave some shiny keys to try distracting everyone.

We all say it canā€™t get much worse, but just wait until the My Pillow guy is the new CEO.

Show threadheridDec 19, 2022

@marcoarment @georgetakei

exactly. if Musk remains the owner and gets someone competent to do his bidding twitter will just be competently evil as opposed to incompetently evil as it is right now.

Show threadZach WhittleDec 19, 2022
@marcoarment @georgetakei I donā€™t know anything behind the scenes but this feels to me like tesla shareholders forcing his hand. Elon has made a habit out of launching twitter polls for things heā€™s already made a decision on: selling 10% of tesla stock, reinstating trump, etc. That said, I have no confidence a new CEO would be anything but a stooge.
Show threadPeter van BroekhovenDec 19, 2022
@marcoarment @georgetakei Or maybe he's just looking for an out.
Show threadAsbjĆørn UlsbergDec 19, 2022
@pvanb @marcoarment @georgetakei He wonā€™t be ā€œoutā€ until heā€™s no longer the owner.
Show threadBuckDec 19, 2022
@marcoarment @georgetakei I sure wish he wouldā€™ve opted for the 1B penalty for backing out of the purchase deal to begin with
Show threadXerxesDec 19, 2022
@buck @marcoarment @georgetakei I suspect he feels the same by now.
Show threadDMX2022Dec 19, 2022
@marcoarment @georgetakei that is exactly what he would do. He has lost all credibility.
Show threadvelorapideDec 19, 2022
@marcoarment @georgetakei precisely this
Show threadEliot LovellDec 19, 2022

@marcoarment @georgetakei I donā€™t understand this, as heā€™s already on record saying that he plans to step down after a few months anyway.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/16/musk-twitter-reduce-time-handover

Musk testifies he will ā€˜reduceā€™ time at Twitter and eventually hand over reins

The Tesla CEO was in a Delaware court to defend a 2018 $56bn pay package that helped him become worldā€™s richest man

The Guardian