Elon Musk attended the Super Bowl this Sunday in Glendale, on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. He tweeted throughout the game but saw his tweets didn’t get the response he expected. As revealed by specialist platform Platformer, his anger ran high when he saw his tweets garnered fewer reactions than those of United States President Joe Biden. He got angry and decided to show who’s boss here. He gave the Twitter programmers an ultimatum: either change the algorithm quickly or be fired. The engineers went to work, and Musk has become ubiquitous on the internet.
biden he tweeted a message with his wife, Jill Biden wearing a Philadelphia Eagles jersey that reached nearly 30 million views. His, also in favor of the Eagles, had just 9.1 million before deciding to erase him. The Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl with a comeback. Theatre.
After the game, Musk flew back to San Francisco on his private plane. According to Platformer, he put dozens of engineers to work to fix the “problem” immediately. The media asserts that the solution was to multiply the owner and CEO’s tweets by 1,000. An algorithm that suits you.
Elon Musk already has 128.9 million followers, but the new measure will force them to see his tweets, whether they like it or not, as well as many other users who have suddenly started appearing as recommended. Musk himself tweeted a meme that sums up the situation: Musk’s tweets, force swallowed. This tweet has 146.8 million views in just over a day.
Musk himself has long complained that his messages aren’t being seen as much as before. In his hectic first month on Twitter, he’s likely reached heights that are difficult to replicate. His frustration prompted him to request changes earlier, but the process accelerated after the Super Bowl. “Please stay tuned in while we make adjustments to the, um… ‘algorithm’,” he tweeted on Tuesday.
Musk can do that and more, not only because he owns Twitter, but because he’s the boss. The latter despite the fact that users voted for him to leave his position. The tycoon has shown that he plays with the marked cards on the topic “The people decide”.
When he asked about returning his account to former President Donald Trump, and users supported the move, he immediately acted (and skipped his promise not to make such decisions until a content advisory board is established, but that’s one different story). Instead on 19.12 asked users this question: “Should I step down as Twitter boss? I will abide by the results of this poll.” 57.5% voted in favor of his resignation and began to hesitate and express reservations: “I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone stupid enough to take the position. After that, I just lead the software and server teams.” he tweeted after the defeat.
This Wednesday, from Dubai, Musk made it clear that he really intends to keep the position until he wants: “I have to stabilize the organization and just make sure that it’s in a healthy financial position and that the product The roadmap is clearly defined,” he said via conference call at a political and business summit in Dubai. “I think the end of the year is a good time to find someone else to lead the company. I think it should be in stable shape towards the end of this year.”
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