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Electric car peddler Elon Musk is now fully invested in Twitter, literally, and social media has thoughts on the matter.
If you don’t know, Musk flexed his money muscles and bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter, making him the biggest shareholder just a week after he hinted at a “shakeup” in social media. Following his move, the man who has a history of manipulating the stock market with his tweets, Twitter’s stock surged as much as 27%, Bloomberg reports, which many also believed was a dig at the SEC, who were not fans of Musk’s stock tweets.
Following Musk dropping a reported $2.89 billion stake in the company, Twitter happily announced that he was joining its board of directors, with current CEO Parag Agrawal saying Musk would be of value as a “passionate believer and intense critic” of the social media medium.
He’s both a passionate believer and intense critic of the service which is exactly what we need on @Twitter, and in the boardroom, to make us stronger in the long-term. Welcome Elon!
— Parag Agrawal (@paraga) April 5, 2022
Musk hit the ground running following the news taking a Twitter poll asking his followers if Twitter “adheres to free speech’ with %70 saying no.
Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy.
Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 25, 2022
Another poll asked if users wanted an “edit button?” Agrawal warned Twitter users before participating in the poll to “Please vote carefully” because of potential “consequences.”
The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully. https://t.co/UDJIvznALB
— Parag Agrawal (@paraga) April 5, 2022
Musk’s appointment to Twitter’s board of directors isn’t hitting many on the left, but those on the right (MAGA land) feel the billionaire will be their champion for “free speech,” a concept they fail to grasp religiously. Some even believe that Musk will be the person to help bring their lord and savior, Donald Trump, back to Twitter.
“@ElonMusk being named to Twitter’s Board of Directors is just the start. 2022 is the year that we take back our country. The tide is turning. The Left took it way too far and common sense people who love this country are taking back what is ours,” cooky Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert tweeted.
.@ElonMusk being named to Twitter’s Board of Directors is just the start.
2022 is the year that we take back our country. The tide is turning.
The Left took it way too far and common sense people who love this country are taking back what is ours.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) April 5, 2022
Now that @ElonMusk is Twitter’s largest shareholder, it’s time to lift the political censorship.
Oh… and BRING BACK TRUMP!
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) April 4, 2022
Also, we can’t ignore the dog-whistling in her tweet when she mentions “taking back what is ours.” Exactly what did you lose?
We hope Twitter doesn’t allow Musk to ruin the Twitter experience. We will be keeping a close eye on this. You can peep more reactions in the gallery below.
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1. LOL, ummmm no
The left: "Twitter is a private company, it can do what it wants."
* @elonmusk becomes Twitter's largest shareholder*
The left: "Twitter is too important to be left in private hands."
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) April 4, 2022
2. This is dope for Twitter employees who don’t care for Musk joining the company’s board of directors
Substack is hiring!
If you’re a Twitter employee who’s considering resigning because you’re worried about Elon Musk pushing for less regulated speech… please do not come work here.
— Lulu Cheng Meservey (@lulumeservey) April 5, 2022
3. Ladies & gentlemen, behold a hater.
Fantastic news coming out of Twitter!
@elonmusk! pic.twitter.com/6UYivc2nk5
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) April 4, 2022
4. Ummmm, how about NO
Dear Elon Musk, bring back President Donald J. Trump.
— Lord Julio Gonzalez – juliogonzalez.com (@TaxReformExpert) April 5, 2022
5. LOL, not happening
Elon Musk's purchase of 9.2% of Twitter will hopefully result in mass firings and resignations. The only way to fix Twitter is to purge the rot.
— Matthew Kolken (@mkolken) April 4, 2022
6. HA
Elon Musk at Twitter’s next board meeting after buying 9.2% of the company pic.twitter.com/3wx2JxKkZx
— Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. (drpatel.eth) (@ParikPatelCFA) April 4, 2022
7.
I assume Elon Musk will use his influence on the Twitter board to argue that #BlackTwitter should be offset from White Twitter (he'll call it "normal" Twitter), and then he'll only give White Twitter the edit function. 🙁
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) April 5, 2022
8.
Not gonna be able to say “F*ck Elon Musk” on Twitter much longer so get it in while you can.
— Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) April 5, 2022
9.
remember when elon musk called the guy who rescued the people who were trapped in that cave a pedophile because the guy was critical of elon’s hair brained submarine rescue plan? i’m sure he’ll be sensible with his critics on twitter now that he owns it tho
— naive 6 (@Eve6) April 5, 2022
10.
Elon Musk arriving at his first Twitter board meeting
pic.twitter.com/Z2aRIWphqQ
— I
80s (@IL0VEthe80s) April 5, 2022
11.
I love using Twitter. Maybe as much as or even more than Elon Musk. But I don’t have the compulsion, desire or need to own it, make it mine, influence it or mold it to my liking. I just enjoy using it. Thanks for coming.
— George Hahn (@georgehahn) April 5, 2022

80s (@IL0VEthe80s)