Since completing the Twitter deal, Musk has made a flurry of decisions affecting the functioning of the social media giant, which has millions of daily active users.
Elon Musk has taken a dig at the critics the micro blogging site has been getting after his acquisition.
"I love when people complain on Twitter... on Twitter," Musk wrote on his official Twitter handle on Thursday with a laughing emoji.
Since completing the Twitter deal, Musk has made a flurry of decisions affecting the functioning of the social media giant, which has millions of daily active users.
Talking about these decisions on Wednesday, Musk announced in a tweet that the social media giant will do a lot of silly things on a trial-and-error basis in the coming months.
He tweeted, "Please note that Twitter will do a lot of silly things in the coming months. We will keep what works and change what doesn't."
The biggest change that Twitter is seeing is the addition of the new USD 7.99 per month Blue subscription. However, Musk's decision to introduce blue tick fees did not go down well with many. Even some advertisers dragged their feet from the site.
In addition, a second verification label has been introduced to limit confusion between legitimate accounts and those paying for their blue ticks. Verified accounts will now come with an "official" label below their username, complete with a gray verification checkmark
In India, before the roll-out of blue tick subscriptions, the "official" label was seen on the Twitter handles of various Indian government organizations. However, the newly introduced feature was stopped soon after its launch and has appeared on various user profiles. In response to a tweet by tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee about the 'official' badge, Musk said, "I just killed it."
In addition to the "blue tick fee", Musk is also receiving a lot of hate on Twitter for laying off employees. Defending his decision to fire employees, Musk said in a tweet that it was needed because Twitter was losing "over $4 million a day".
In addition, celebrities including Whoopi Goldberg and Gigi Hadid left Twitter in the days following its acquisition.
Musk also warned Twitter employees to be prepared for tough times to come, which could end with the social media platform's collapse if they don't find new ways to make money.
Musk's first companywide message to employees came by email late Wednesday and ordered them to stop working from home and come to the office on Thursday morning. He then held his first "all-hands" meeting on Thursday, responding to workers' concerns. Prior to this, many were relying on public tweets from billionaire Tesla CEOs for clues about the future of Twitter.
Meanwhile, Musk's net worth has plunged below $200 billion as investors dumped shares of Tesla on fears that the top executive and largest shareholder of the world's most valuable electric-automaker is over-engaged with Twitter. are, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
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