Musk, Twitter CEO Wade Straight Into Old Debate Over Edit Button
- Twitter chief quote-tweeted company’s biggest shareholder
- User response overwhelmingly favored adding the feature
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Elon Musk didn’t take long to start stirring things up for Twitter Inc. -- and its new CEO.
Less than 24 hours after revealing he’s acquired a 9.2% passive stake in the company, the Tesla Inc. chief asked Twitter users whether they wanted an edit button, offering misspelled “yes” and “no” options in his usual eccentric style. The billionaire has posted recently about what he views as shortcomings of the service, where he has more than 80 million followers and has filled the void left by Donald Trump as one of the most influential accounts.