By John Ikani
Only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to vote on policy-related polls conducted by Twitter Inc, said newly-appointed CEO Elon Musk.
This comes after the billionaire had conducted a poll on the microblogging platform asking the users whether he should step down as the company’s head.
He also assured the users that he would abide by the results of the poll.
When the poll closed on Monday, 57.5 percent users of the social media platform said he should step down.
Since then, he has not commented directly on the result of the poll.
A user had tweeted yesterday, “Hey @elonmusk, it’s unwise to run a poll like this when you are now deep state enemy #1. They have the biggest bot army on Twitter. They have 100k ‘analysts’ with 30-40 accounts all voting against you. Let’s clean up and then run this poll again. The majority has faith in you.”
Another user’s tweet read, “Blue subscribers should be the only ones that can vote in policy related polls. We actually have skin in the game.” Responding to the same, the Tesla and SpaceX Chief said, “Good point. Twitter will make that change.”
Blue subscribers should be the only ones that can vote in policy related polls. We actually have skin in the game
— Unfiltered☢Boss (@Unfilteredboss1) December 19, 2022
Paid subscribers refer to those accounts that have been verified by Twitter and have a blue tick mark.
Twitter Blue, which was free earlier, has become a paid service now, shortly after Musk took over. In fact, making Twitter Blue a paid service for $8 a month was among the first of many policy changes by the Tesla CEO.
The technology tycoon, who also runs electric car maker Tesla and space rocket firm Space X, has faced much criticism since taking over Twitter.
He has obeyed the results of his Twitter polls in the past and quoted the phrase “vox populi, vox dei”, a Latin phrase which roughly means “the voice of the people is the voice of God.”
