Elon Musk who conducted a poll on Twitter on his future as the company’s CEO promised earlier to abide by the result of a Twitter poll which saw 57.5% of users vote “yes” to him quitting the role.
The billionaire has said he will resign as Twitter’s chief executive officer when he finds someone “foolish enough to take the job”.
He says he will still run the software and servers’ teams after his replacement is found.
Changes on the platform since his takeover have been much criticized.
Since Mr Musk bought the social media site in October, he has fired about half of its staff and attempted a rollout of Twitter’s paid-for verification feature before putting it on pause.
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In the past Mr Musk has obeyed Twitter polls. He is fond of quoting the Latin phrase vox populi, vox dei which means “the voice of the people is the voice of God”.
In response to a tweet saying Twitter Blue subscribers “should be the only ones that can vote in policy related polls. We have skin in the game”, Mr Musk said: “Good point, Twitter will make that change.”
Twitter’s paid-for verification feature was rolled out for a second time last week after its launch was paused. The service costs $8 per month, or $11 for people using the Twitter app on Apple devices and gives subscribers a “blue tick”.
For weeks, investors have called on Mr Musk to step down from running the social media platform, saying he has been distracted from properly running Tesla.
Shares in the the electric car company have plummeted more than 65% over the past year.