Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey on Sunday night discussed Twitter’s mission to become the “most accurate source of information” and the rebranding of its Birdwatch feature — a name the new owner said gave him “goosebumps.”
The heated back-and-forth started with Musk explained in a tweet, “Twitter must become by far the most accurate source of information about the world. That is our mission.”
“Exactly for whom?” replied Dorseya co-founder and former CEO of the social media site Musk bought for an estimated $44 billion.
“As judged by the people of Twitter via Community Notes (formerly Birdwatch),” Musk wrotewhich refers to the feature that allows users to add notes to tweets they find misleading.
Dorsey, who stepped down as CEO a year ago, then set his sights on the new name.
“I still think… Birdwatch is a much better name. And “more informative” is a much better target,” he wrote.
“Twitter needs to become by far the most accurate source of information about the world. That’s our mission,” Musk said in a tweet.AP
“Birdwatch gives me goosebumps,” Musk replied.
“Community Notes is the most boring Facebook name ever” Dorsey continuedrequest fight back musk”Not everything has to have ‘bird’ in the name!”
“Too many bird groups are fighting each other internally on Twitter. Angry Birds,” Musk added, using the popular video game’s name to appear to indicate a power struggle at Twitter.
“Agree, but that wasn’t the reason for the name. Descriptive is always better, but don’t think “community” or “notes” is the right description.” Dorsey wrote back.
The falling out between the two tech moguls came shortly after The Post ran a story about how Twitter employees – many of whom were fired by Musk on Friday – “hate” Dorsey.
“Jack is hated on Twitter,” a source told The Post. “They blame Jack for what happened when Elon took over the company. parag [Agrawal, the recently-ousted head of Twitter] and the board thinks he’s this really bad character.”
Dorsey admitted on Saturday that many employees were “angry” with him.
“People at Twitter, past and present, are strong and resilient,” Dorsey said tweeted early Saturday.
“You will always find a way, no matter how difficult the moment. I know that many are angry with me. I am responsible for why everyone is in this situation: I increased the size of the company too quickly. I apologize for that,” he wrote.
“I am grateful and love everyone who has ever worked on Twitter,” Dorsey added. “I don’t expect that to be mutual at this moment…or ever…and I understand,” Dorsey added.
Dorsey pressed the Tesla billionaire on his tweet on the social media platform’s “mission” for accuracy.
Dorsey recently founded a social media company called Bluesky, a decentralized platform that promises to give users and developers more autonomy.
Meanwhile, Twitter is delaying issuing blue verification ticks as part of its new $8-a-month subscription service until after Tuesday’s election, according to the New York Times.
Musk reduced Twitter’s workforce on Friday to stabilize finances, saying in a tweet he had no choice because the company was losing $4 million every day — but in an embarrassing blunder, it reportedly asked some of those workers to leave theirs taking back old jobs over the weekend.
According to a Bloomberg report, dozens of laid-off employees were called back because some were accidentally cut and others were fired before management realized their work and experience could be valuable in helping develop new features Musk has for the site would like. Around 3,700 workers lost their jobs on Friday.