SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — New Twitter board member Elon Music stirred some controversy Saturday evening with a poll that proposed turning the company’s San Francisco headquarters into a homeless shelter “since no one shows up anyway.”
Musk, who became the company’s largest shareholder last week after he purchased 9.2% of Twitter stock, posted the poll at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. As of Sunday morning, it had received over 1.5 million votes and was retweeted nearly 22,000 times.
Convert Twitter SF HQ to homeless shelter since no one shows up anyway
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 10, 2022
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Respondents so far have voted overwhelmingly in favor of the idea with 91.3% voting yes and only 8.7% voting no. While some were questioning if Musk was making a joke with the proposal, he replied to at least one comment claiming he was serious.
Musk has made a number of apparently tongue-in-cheek suggestions about the company since his stock purchase.
A few hours after the poll on turning the headquarters into a shelter, he posted a second poll about removing the “w” in the company’s name. “Yes” and “Of course” were the only available responses for the poll.
Delete the w in twitter?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 10, 2022
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Musk’s large purchase of Twitter stock last Monday sent shares of San Francisco-based social media giant soaring 22% in value early Monday, but the move also raised questions about what he may try to influence on the platform he has often vocally criticized.
According to a Securities and Exchange Commission 13G filing released Monday, the Tesla founder now owns 73,486,938 shares of Twitter, which rose in value from $2.89 billion on Friday to $3.5 billion after the spike early Monday.
Musk’s filing did not disclose the purpose of the purchase or any plans for the company. But he has been a high-profile critic of Twitter policies in the past. Last month he said he was giving “serious thought” to creating a new social media platform.
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal took to the social media giant’s platform early Tuesday, revealing that Musk would be joining the firm’s board of directors.
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“I’m excited to share that we’re appointing @elonmusk to our board!,” Agrawal tweeted. “Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board. “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!”
Source: sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com.