'Should I Step Down?' Asks Elon Musk; Majority Twitter Users Agree

Business tycoon and Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Monday asked Twitter users if he should step down as the platform’s numero uno.

In a surprise move, Musk posted a poll on Twitter asking its users to vote on whether he should step down as the social media company's head. He said that he would abide by results of the poll.

At the time of writing, 57.2 per cent Twitter users voted “Yes” in the poll.  

Amongst those who had reactions to this move by Musk was Vitalik "Vitaly" Buterin, the Russian-Canadian computer programmer and founder of Ethereum. In a tweet, Buterin said that he respected the move to put the debate up for a vote on Twitter.

Twitter has been undergoing significant reforms ever since Musk took the social media platform private through a controversial USD 44 billion acquisition deal in October. The aftermath of the deal saw well over half of the company’s employees getting laid off and introduction of heavily debated Twitter Blue for everyone for USD 8, which briefly saw chaos breakout on the platform.

Under the leadership of Musk, Twitter has taken some questionable decisions in recent times including barring journalists on the platform. The move raised many eyebrows as majority questioned Musk’s willingness to back his claims on wanting Twitter to be a platform that supports ‘Free Speech’.