9 Twitter Promises That Billionaire Elon Musk Made But Failed To Fulfil As Its CEO

It's been five months since billionaire Elon Musk acquired Twitter for a mammoth $44 billion in late October last year. The ¡®chief twit¡¯ had been indulging with Twitter users and the company before he finally cracked the deal and took over as its CEO after a rollercoaster of several months.

And in the past year or so, the world's second richest person has made a number of wild changes and promises pertaining to Twitter.

Elon Musk's Long List Of Unfulfilled Promises

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In typical Musk fashion, the billionaire has made so many commitments that it can be difficult to even keep track of them. And that has worked in his favour, given that he has failed to fulfil the mountain of pledges he has made.

Eager to know what promises Musk made but failed to deliver yet as Twitter CEO? Read on as we bring to you some of the most significant promises that remain undelivered.

1.Stepping down as CEO

In December last year, Elon Musk asked users whether he should step down as head of Twitter, vowing to ¡°abide by the results¡± of the poll. Users voted Musk out, but he has declined to step down for now, saying that he doesn¡¯t believe anyone else is foolish enough to run the company.

2.Free speech

CEO Musk has repeatedly talked about Twitter being a home for free speech. But on multiple occasions, he has brazenly censored posts on his platform. Musk banned several prominent journalists late last year (he later restored their accounts, but forced them to delete the tweets that he didn¡¯t like) and removed content from the BBC after India¡¯s government demanded it, as per a CNN report.

And that's not all. Elon Musk has also kept a ban on Alex Jones and exiled Kanye West from the platform for rule violations, which really doesn¡¯t appear in the spirit of the maximal free speech which he purports to support.

3.Major decisions by poll

After Elon Musk drew backlash for banning links to other social media platforms, he promised ¡°Going forward, there will be a vote for major policy changes. My apologies. Won¡¯t happen again.¡± But since then, the Twitter CEO has implemented a host of policy changes without soliciting feedback from users and/or taking up voting.

4.Making Twitter a digital town square

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Another failed promise remains this. When Elon Musk acquired Twitter last year, he declared the platform a ¡°digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated.¡± The same doesn't seem to be turning out. In fact, it was as recently as this week itself when he announced that non-paying users won¡¯t even be able to vote on the site and will have their voices minimized.

5.Authenticating all humans

Twitter CEO Musk said that as Twitter owner he would work on ¡°authenticating all humans¡± on the platform. But his words have not matched his actions often, as Musk has moved to do the opposite by stripping notable public figures who refuse to pay him of their verification badges, while also simultaneously verifying users who are impersonating others, as per the report.

6.Open source Twitter's algorithm

Elon Musk has repeatedly promised that he would open source Twitter¡¯s algorithm. He promised so when he announced his acquisition of the company in late October last year. And on February 21, he reportedly said it would happen ¡°next week.¡±. It is still yet to occur. and Elon Musk now claims it will happen on March 31.

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7.Appoint content moderation council

When Elon Musk took over as Twitter owner, he said that he would appoint a content moderation council that would advise on all such decisions. The council, at least to date, has not been appointed.

8.Release shadow ban feature

CEO Elon Musk had promised in December 2022 that he would release a feature showing users whether they have been ¡°shadowbanned.¡± Months have gone by with no such feature available yet on Twitter.

9.Three months of severance pay

Last but not least is a promise related to mass layoffs done at Twitter ever since Musk took over. Elon Musk has boasted about offering laid-off employees three months of severance, which he said was more than what was legally required of the company, as per the report.

However, it's been several months since he took over and conducted multiple layoff rounds, but many employees were only offered one month of pay in exchange for agreeing to various terms and conditions.

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