Shortly after taking control of the social network, Musk said he would not reinstate previously blocked accounts until the company created a special content moderation board with “very different perspectives.” Now, before such a structure emerges, an entrepreneur will unblock Trump. his page @realdonaldtrump and all tweets are now fully visible, but it’s not clear if you can log into the account and post anything.

what is known

On Friday evening, the new owner of the company decided to ask the opinion of his followers on Twitter.

Restore former President Trump,
— He wroteBy adding “Yes” and “No” response options.

51.8% of subscribers clicked on the first option. In a follow-up post, Musk announced the results and added: “Vox Populi, Vox Dei”Translated from Latin as “The voice of the people is the voice of God”.

Interestingly, the billionaire after the broadcast assumed himself, said that their surveys could be attacked by bots, which he spoke to repeatedly and even threatened to cancel the deal to buy the social network. It is not clear how many such bots there may be.

In the case of Musk, it’s worth noting that these types of surveys are more announcements than users’ desire to hear:

• Yes, earlier Musk asked if he would buy Twitter, and then it turned out that he already did.
• In November 2021, after polling his followers, Tesla sold 10 percent of its stock, and most said it should. He wrote at the time: “However it goes, I will stick to the results of this survey.” But The Wall Street Journal journalists learned that he made the decision to sell those shares in September.

According to Musk, more than 134 million people viewed the survey and collected more than 15 million responses.

what does trump say

Donald Trump himself doesn’t seem too keen on a comeback. He later announced that he had founded his own social network, Truth Social, following his exile. After Musk’s initial remarks about possible unblocking of the former president during preparations for the social network’s acquisition, he clarified that he would remain at his own source whether or not he was invited back. After the vote was revealed, Trump posted a screenshot on his page and added a comment to it: “Vote, but don’t worry, we’re not going anywhere. Truth Social is private.”

Screenshot from Trump’s Truth Social / Photo: The Verge