tycoon Elon Muskowner TwitterThis week, the survey was launched from its own account, which Promised to be bindingto ask users if they should continue running the social network.

The question is clear:I have to follow the head of Twitter. I will defend the results of this survey.” According to a note posted by the billionaire, who then warns in another post: “As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for, you might end up getting it.”

After just one hour of the poll (which will be open for 12 hours), more than 4 million users have voted, with a majority of 57% in favor of leaving Musk’s address.

He also posted another message in which he announced that “major policy changes will be voted on (online)” and added “sorry, it won’t happen again”, without specifying what he meant.

A recent survey of his role in the direction of Twitter seems to indicate this I would like to designate another person responsible for the network, An idea floated last week, for example, by executives at Tesla, Musk’s big business venture that provides him with most of his fortune.

Musk’s landing on Twitter has been met with a lot of backlashAnd the most serious was the content policy and the possibility for the network itself to recognize criticism of its owner.

In this sense, last Thursday Twitter suspended the accounts of several journalists and bloggers who were critical of MuskBut the decision caused a huge storm – with warnings for Musk, even from the US government or the European Union – to the point where Musk launched another inquiry into whether they should be reinstated, which he did in the last few hours.

Also, shortly after the Twitter takeover, Musk announced that the site It will pay eight dollars a month for identity verification from account holders. But it had to shelve the controversial “Twitter Blue” plan after an embarrassing flood of fake accounts.

On November 4, when Musk According to Twitter, the company is losing $4 million a day Half of the 7,500 employees were laid off.

Musk It also reinstated accounts suspended by the social network, including those of former US President Donald Trump. But it also removed rapper Kanye West after posting several messages deemed anti-Semitic. And he rejected the return of Alex Jones, the founder of the far-right website InfoWars, to Twitter.

No more links from other social networks

Earlier this week, Twitter announced that it would no longer allow users to embed links to other social networks in their posts.

The move comes after users began encouraging their followers to view their posts on other platforms amid changes to Twitter. MuskOne of the world’s richest men took control of the company eight weeks ago.

“In advance, Twitter will no longer allow free promotion on certain social media platforms,” ​​the network said in a statement on its website on Sunday.

He clarified that it will affect seven platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribal, Post and Nostr), as well as social media aggregators such as linktr.ee and ink.bio.

Thus, for example, posting “Follow me @username on Instagram” will be banned, according to Twitter.

A Twitter user who posts their latest Instagram photo or Facebook post is subject to account suspension. The Blue Bird social network will impose the same penalty on anyone who mentions their other social network accounts in their name or Twitter bio.

Users who violate this for the first time will face actions “ranging from being asked to remove one or more tweets to temporarily banning their account(s),” Twitter said. And he warned: “Any relapse will result in a permanent suspension.”

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