Elon Musk has been having a tough time managing Twitter ever since he bought the company for $44 billion last year. Right after the acquisition, he went on a firing spree that included several top executives including the CEO and CFO as well as nearly half of the workforce.
Since November, the micro-blogging site’s communication team has been silent as a majority of its workers were fired. Now, the company has set up an automated poop emoji in response to any press queries. So let’s find out in detail about this bizarre development.
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Elon Musk Owned Twitter Sets Poop Emoji For Press Questions
Elon Musk fired nearly half of Twitter’s workforce after taking over the company last year. This has backfired often as the lack of several skilled workers is directly affecting how the platform functions.
Since nearly its entire communication team was laid off, Twitter hasn’t responded to queries by journalists regarding any development in the company. According to NPR, the press email address is active again.
press@twitter.com now auto responds with 💩
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 19, 2023
On Sunday, the South African billionaire announced that the company will auto-reply with a poop emoji to any press queries moving forward. “Press@twitter.com now auto responds with [poop emoji]“, he tweeted.
Several people were not happy with this new feature. Charles Rickett, a video editor for Metro, wrote: “Huh, same as general user experience then.”
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Musk’s Tryst With Twitter Has Been Marred With Controversy
After a long and messy legal battle, Musk bought Twitter last year for $44 billion. Since then, the company has been marred with controversies. He called himself a “free speech absolutist” but his decisions haven’t been well received.
He fired nearly half of the workforce to cut costs and the company hasn’t properly paid remunerations to its laid-off employees. Across the globe in various locations, Twitter offices have been shut down over non-payment of rent.
He is also accused of stifling and blocking the accounts of journalists who have been critical of him. One of his paid verification policies seriously backfired.
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