Twitter has officially accepted Elon Musk's offer to buy their company for $44 billion. This decision was met with mixed reactions by Twitter employees.
Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey says Musk is the single solution he believes in. But most Twitter employees don't have as much faith as Dorsey in Musk.
Like Ned Miles, a Twitter employee based in London, England. In a tweet, Miles said Monday was a 'very normal day working at this very normal company'.
"Can someone tell me if I'm rich or fired?" Miles said in a separate tweet, as quoted by the BBC, Wednesday (27/4/2022).
Likewise with Bruce Daisley who is Twitter's former vice president for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In an interview with BBC Radio 2, Daisley said he was skeptical of Musk's idea of turning Twitter into a platform that prioritized free speech.
Daisley said Twitter was once 'the free speech wing of the free speech party' but this policy exposed many people to abuse, especially women and public figures.
"So the free speech angle has of course been tried. And I really wonder what Elon's plans are beyond that," Daisley said.
Former Twitter board member Bijan Sabet even hopes Twitter rejects the offer, just as the bird-logo company turned down an offer to acquire from Facebook 14 years ago.
After Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter was announced, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and Twitter board chairman Bret Taylor tried to address employee questions and concerns.
CNN reported that one employee asked whether Twitter's commitment to artificial intelligence and machine learning was responsible
responsibility and ethics will change under Musk's ownership. Agrawal replied that Twitter would continue with that commitment.
But several Twitter employees working in the machine learning sector said they were concerned about Musk's role at the company. Twitter's director of machine learning ethics, Rumman Chowdhury, said Musk's arrival could lead to an exodus of Twitter employees.
But not all Twitter employees have a negative reaction to this news. Journalist Casey Newton of The Verge said some employees open to the idea of Twitter becoming a private company run by Musk had a better chance of improving its services than a public company tied to its shareholders.
Some Twitter employees also support Musk's mission to eliminate malicious bots and spam accounts and provide clarity on how recommendation algorithms work.
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