Elon Musk questions if Twitter is \u201cdying\u201d days after $3 billion investment Elon Musk, TwitterMerely days after Tesla founder Elon Musk became the largest shareholder of Twitter, he publicly questioned if the platform is \u201cdying.\u201d Elon Musk made headlines in early April when he made a massive $3 billion investment in Twitter. The move was seen as a natural fit, as the richest man on Earth regularly spends most of his days posting to the social media platform. He\u2019s already teased \u201csignificant improvements\u201d for Twitter, and even made a public poll asking users if they really want the long-awaited edit button. Now, just days after his investment became public knowledge, he\u2019s already questioning the value of Twitter. Elon wonders if Twitter is \u201cdying\u201d On April 9, Musk co-tweeted a list of the top ten most followed Twitter accounts with a bizarre question. Musk said, \u201cMost of these \u2018top\u2019 accounts tweet rarely and post very little content. Is Twitter dying?\u201d Elon, who is eighth on the list, certainly posts enough to carry the weight of a group that includes former President Barack Obama and Justin Bieber. But the question was strange, considering he just poured a ton of cash into the company. Most of these \u201ctop\u201d accounts tweet rarely and post very little content. Is Twitter dying? https:\/\/t.co\/lj9rRXfDHE \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2022 His post elicited responses from tons of influencers, including Twitch star Felix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel, who chimed in with his thoughts. \u201cPeople use twitter for different reasons. Most influencers use the platform as a tool to propel their brand or whatever they have going on. They aren\u2019t really using twitter. Twitter isn\u2019t dying, big celebs that have nothing going on don\u2019t need to use it as often anymore.\u201d People use twitter for different reasons. Most influencers use the platform as a tool to propel their brand or whatever they have going on. They aren\u2019t really using twitter. Twitter isn\u2019t dying, big celebs that have nothing going on don\u2019t need to use it as often anymore. \ud83e\udd16 \u2014 xQc (@xQc) April 9, 2022 NBA legend Shaquille O\u2019Neal also joined in the conversation and said, \u201cI think most \u2018celebs\u2019 don\u2019t see the same numbers as they do from other social media platforms and they measure success in numbers.\u201d According to Statista, 2021 held the most year-over user growth for Twitter in nearly a decade. Despite Musk\u2019s concerns, it\u2019s unlikely Twitter will die any time soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Elon Musk questions if Twitter is \u201cdying\u201d days after $3 billion investment Elon Musk, TwitterMerely days after Tesla founder Elon Musk became the largest shareholder of Twitter, he publicly questioned if the platform is \u201cdying.\u201d Elon Musk made headlines in early April when he made a massive $3 billion investment in Twitter. The move was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}