In the ballot outcomes, 57 % of voters favored Elon Musk stepping down as Twitter Chief.

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Elon Musk on Tuesday stated that he doubted the reliability of a Twitter ballot through which a majority of votes stated he ought to step down as a CEO of the corporate.

Musk, who turned sole proprietor of the platform on October 27, stated earlier he would abide by the ballot outcomes however in a collection of tweets, the tycoon indicated his perception that the vote could have been rigged by bots.

In the ballot outcomes which have been posted on Monday, 57 % of voters, or 10 million votes, favored Musk stepping down simply eight weeks after he took possession of the corporate for $44 billion.

But polling firm HarrisX on Tuesday tweeted out their very own ballot of Twitter customers, through which 61 % of respondents voted to maintain Musk as CEO.

“Interesting. Suggest that maybe we might still have an itsy bitsy bot problem on Twitter…” Musk stated in a response.

HarrisX stated the findings “debunk” the vote on Twitter, including that the ballot was run independently of “Twitter or any Elon Musk related organizations.”

This got here after Musk endorsed one other tweet suggesting the Twitter ballot had been overtaken by bots. He additionally stated that any future polls could be restricted to Twitter’s paying subscribers.

Musk has used the Twitter polls to take controversial selections on the platform, together with the reinstatement of the account of former US president Donald Trump and different suspended customers.

The outcomes of his newest ballot on Monday briefly boosted the share value in his electrical automotive firm Tesla with buyers hopeful that Musk would spend much less time at Twitter.

CNBC and Bloomberg reported that Musk was finishing up a seek for a brand new Twitter CEO, citing nameless sources, however the Tesla and SpaceX proprietor ridiculed the report with a laughing emoji on Twitter.

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