Tesla owner Elon Musk, now a Twitter board member, wondered on Saturday if the social network was “dying,” in a typically provocative way, hinting at accounts with lots of followers but little activity.

“Many of these ‘super’ accounts rarely tweet and post little content. Is Twitter dying?” he wrote and added a list of the 10 most subscribed profiles.

Former US President Barack Obama ranks first with 131 million subscribers, followed by various entertainment stars (Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga…) and Elon Musk, who ranks eighth with 81. million followers

“Justin Bieber has only tweeted once this year,” added the businessman, who posts about his business deals, personal thoughts and memories almost daily.

After becoming the first shareholder of the California group on Monday, the billionaire said in a document sent to the stock market regulator that his involvement was “passive”, meaning he had no intention of influencing the platform’s key strategic decisions.

However, he was later invited by the company’s CEO, Parag Agrawal, to join the company’s board of directors.

Musk said he’s keen to start making “significant improvements to Twitter” soon, asking his followers in a poll if they’d like to see an “edit” button added to the social network (which allows a tweet to be edited after it’s posted). ) post online).

Twitter later said it would start experimenting with it.

The Tesla and SpaceX founder is scheduled to meet with Twitter staff for a Q&A session soon.

Several Twitter employees have expressed concern after Musk joined the board, citing the billionaire’s comments on transgender people and his reputation as a difficult leader, according to internal discussion messages quoted by the Washington Post.

On Thursday, Musk posted a photo of himself on Twitter holding a joint surrounded by a halo of smoke. The caption, from one of his appearances on host Joe Rogan’s podcast, is accompanied by the caption: “The next Twitter board is going to be great.”.