Elon Musk has put a full stop to the speculations about him joining the Twitter’s board. In a tweet on Sunday night, CEO Parag Agrawal cleared the air by telling the public that Elon has decided against joining the board.
“Elon has decided not to join our board. I sent a brief note to the company, sharing with you all here,” the Twitter CEO posted, sharing the media.
Elon has decided not to join our board. I sent a brief note to the company, sharing with you all here. pic.twitter.com/lfrXACavvk
— Parag Agrawal (@paraga) April 11, 2022
Mr. Agrawal said a string of contemplation and discussion the board members had with Elon Musk over joining the board.
“Elon’s appointment to the board was to become officially effective 4/9, but Elon shared that same morning he will no longer be joining the board. I believe this is for the best,” he wrote.
“We were excited to collaborate and be clear about the risks. We also believed that Elon as a fiduciary of the company where he, like all board members, has to act in the best interest of the company and all our shareholders, was the best path forward. The board offered him a seat.”
Elon was supposed to join Twitter’s board with effect from Saturday, April 9, but on the very day, he informed the Twitter CEO about his decision not to join the board.
“I believe this is for the best. We have and will always value input from our shareholders whether they are on our board or not. Elon is our biggest shareholder and we will remain open to his input,” the Twitter CEO said.
CEO Agrawal noted that there will be “distractions ahead but our goals and priorities remain unchanged”. “The decisions we make and how we execute are in our hands, no one else’s. Let’s tune out the noise and stay focused on the work and what we’re building,” Mr. Agrawal added.
Also Read: Elon Musk Buys 9.2% Stake In Twitter; 4 Times Of What Jack Dorsey Held!
Meanwhile Elon Musk…
Meanwhile, Elon is keeping Twitterati busy with his wacky and out-of-box observations. On April 9, he quoted a tweet by World Of Statistics on the top 10 most-followed accounts on Twitter. He was one amongst the top ten personalities having the most followers on Twitter, but he had something to say about a few of other accounts.
He tweeted, “Most of these “top” accounts tweet rarely and post very little content. Is Twitter dying?”
Most of these “top” accounts tweet rarely and post very little content.
Is Twitter dying? https://t.co/lj9rRXfDHE
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2022
Adding to this, he said, @taylorswift13 ( whose name was there on the most-followed people on Twitter) hasn’t posted anything in 3 months, and the Canadian singer @justinbieber only posted once this entire year.
His observation stirred a debate in which many “known-personalities” participated.
Author of Honey I Sacked The Boss tweeted:
With only a tiny percentage of the people who follow me ever seeing what I tweet it’s certainly not as interactive as a few years ago. That has changed what I use Twitter for. The never ending flow of “I haven’t seen you here in months” is frustrating. Given that I tweet daily.
— Gwyneth Montenegro (@ThisIsGwyneth) April 9, 2022
Author of Winning the Second Civil War: Without Firing a Shot tweeted:
The celebrities matter less than a marketplace of ideas
We need a public information spaceTwitter once offered this
In a format that allowed the powerful to be directly challenged in a digital town squareReturn it to that
We need this badly pic.twitter.com/4npdzHyFw1— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) April 9, 2022
Actor activist lawyer tweeted:
No 8 and no 9 are super active. Obama tweets regularly as well.
Possibly the only person on the list that doesn’t tweet through a team is @elonmusk .— Kasturi Shankar (@KasthuriShankar) April 10, 2022
In another tweet on April 10, Musk shared another statisic about the media organizations and their trust factor amongst Republicans and Democrats:
Truth is the first casualty. pic.twitter.com/cN9PIfDvjr
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2022