On October 28, 2022, after multiple twists and threats of a legal showdown with an uncertain outcome for Elon Musk, the billionaire decided to keep his word. As a matter of fact, Tesla’s boss officially became the new owner of Twitter. Initial bid of $54.20 per share, or Total cost of $44 billion, admitted.
Moreover, Elon Musk staged his arrival by going down to his Twitter offices… a hand sink. One of his latest tweets references a pun: “Getting into Twitter HQ – let him in!” or in our language, “I’ve reached Twitter headquarters – I’ll let you absorb the information”.
As you can imagine, Elon Musk is not one to make a smooth transition. Just three days after his arrival, Tesla’s boss has already taken action. few major changes in the functioning of the social network. In this article, we’ll review the changes the new leader has made.
Here’s what’s changed on Twitter
Managers are invited to the door
While rumors suggested that Elon Musk plans to lay off at least 75% of Twitter’s employees, the new CEO said those numbers were not good when he arrived at headquarters. But now we know that The important rulers of the blue bird were invited to the door.
According to official documents framing Musk’s takeover, several top Twitter executives were fired for this reason and he will receive severance pay as compensation and an automatic acceleration of his actions. This situation is for example Parag AgrawalThe former CEO of the social network, who should pocket the regular sum of $38.7 million.
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Toward Vine’s return?
The new owner of Twitter published a survey that did not go unnoticed on the social network on Monday, October 31, 2022. The billionaire asked the following question to his 112 million followers:Bring back the Vine?”. This question has intrigued many, whether it’s a serious project or another Elon Musk whim. 3,700,000 votesthe majority (almost 70%) were motivated by the return of the video platform acquired by Twitter in 2013.
For now, it’s hard to know what Elon Musk really wants to do with Vine. The owner of the “Tesla Owners Silicon Valley” Twitter account reacted to the survey with these words:video platform is not a separate application”. In other words, let this Vine 2.0 be an integral part of Twitter. A 100% verified statement by Elon Musk who rewarded him with the “100” emoji.
Bringing Vine back?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 31 October 2022
Technical teams are put to the test
According to The Verge, Elon Musk put the developers of the platform to the test this Friday. they were invited print the latest Twitter code contributions from the last 30-60 days and provide them to Musk’s teams for review. Managers were told that the goal of the new boss is to identify the people who have written the most code lately and who can work quickly and well. “Software managers need great software coding, otherwise it’s like being a cavalry captain who can’t ride.” Musk wrote on Twitter in May 2022.
Twitter’s home page is being renewed
Another important change made by Elon Musk: the change to the Twitter homepage. Billionaire made requests from unregistered users now redirects to Discover pageshows trending tweets and the latest news. Until then, Twitter’s homepage only offered a sign-up form, especially when a link went down.
Elon Musk appeals to his peers to rule Twitter
According to recent reports, Elon Musk relies on his close circle to help him run the social network. Dozens of people from the family circle, other companies and close acquaintances were added to Twitter’s employee list and given their official e-mail addresses from the social network. Among them are Musk’s personal attorney, Alex Spiro, who has become Twitter’s de facto official legal representative, Andrew Musk, a member of his family that works specifically for Neuralink, and even Jehn Balajadia, the director of The Boring Company.
Venture capitalist and longtime friend of Elon Musk’s Jason Calacanis have joined the venture, as have former Twitter product chief Sriram Krishnan and influential political fundraiser David Sacks.