The behaviour of Elon Musk is really heading into a place where you have to wonder if he should be a CEO of any company. I say that because his battle with NPR over the fact that NPR was labeled as “State-funded media”, and then quit posting to Twitter has taken a really bizarre turn:
Elon Musk has threatened to reassign NPR’s Twitter account to “another company.”
In a series of emails sent to this reporter, Musk said he would transfer the network’s main account on Twitter, under the @NPR handle, to another organization or person. The idea shocked even longtime observers of Musk’s spur-of-the-moment and erratic leadership style.
And:
In an unprompted Tuesday email, Musk wrote: “So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?”
Under Twitter’s terms of service, an account’s inactivity is based on logging in, not tweeting. Those rules state that an account must be logged into at least every 30 days, and that “prolonged inactivity” can result in it being permanently removed.
Musk did not answer when asked whether he planned to change the platform’s definition of inactivity and he declined to say what prompted his new questions about NPR’s lack of participation on Twitter.
“Our policy is to recycle handles that are definitively dormant,” Musk wrote in another email. “Same policy applies to all accounts. No special treatment for NPR.”
The threat of retaliation is the latest volley in a months-long conflict between Musk and established media organizations since the billionaire purchased Twitter in October.
The reporter is Bobby Allyn and I truly have no words for this. It’s pretty clear that Elon has not only lost the plot, but he’s gone off the deep end. And I have to wonder about his mental state as this sort of behaviour makes no sense. To be clear I don’t say that last sentence lightly. If I were anyone on the board or directors of SpaceX or Tesla, I would be looking at what’s going on at Twitter and question if Elon has the ability to run a public company. And take action by removing him as CEO if this behaviour concerns them in the slightest. Because this is simply beyond the pale and cannot be excused.
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Elon Musk Threatens NPR Reporter Over NPR Not Tweeting…. WTF?
The behaviour of Elon Musk is really heading into a place where you have to wonder if he should be a CEO of any company. I say that because his battle with NPR over the fact that NPR was labeled as “State-funded media”, and then quit posting to Twitter has taken a really bizarre turn:
Elon Musk has threatened to reassign NPR’s Twitter account to “another company.”
In a series of emails sent to this reporter, Musk said he would transfer the network’s main account on Twitter, under the @NPR handle, to another organization or person. The idea shocked even longtime observers of Musk’s spur-of-the-moment and erratic leadership style.
And:
In an unprompted Tuesday email, Musk wrote: “So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?”
Under Twitter’s terms of service, an account’s inactivity is based on logging in, not tweeting. Those rules state that an account must be logged into at least every 30 days, and that “prolonged inactivity” can result in it being permanently removed.
Musk did not answer when asked whether he planned to change the platform’s definition of inactivity and he declined to say what prompted his new questions about NPR’s lack of participation on Twitter.
“Our policy is to recycle handles that are definitively dormant,” Musk wrote in another email. “Same policy applies to all accounts. No special treatment for NPR.”
The threat of retaliation is the latest volley in a months-long conflict between Musk and established media organizations since the billionaire purchased Twitter in October.
The reporter is Bobby Allyn and I truly have no words for this. It’s pretty clear that Elon has not only lost the plot, but he’s gone off the deep end. And I have to wonder about his mental state as this sort of behaviour makes no sense. To be clear I don’t say that last sentence lightly. If I were anyone on the board or directors of SpaceX or Tesla, I would be looking at what’s going on at Twitter and question if Elon has the ability to run a public company. And take action by removing him as CEO if this behaviour concerns them in the slightest. Because this is simply beyond the pale and cannot be excused.
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