Here’s what Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates had to say on Elon Musk’s decision-making style on Twitter
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new Delhi: Since taking over the helm of microblogging site Twitter in late October in a $44 billion deal, Elon Musk has announced a slew of changes. Be it restoring any Twitter account or getting the coveted blue tick, the norms of several Twitter services have changed under Musk’s leadership. The billionaire, who is also the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has taken some decisions like restoring former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account or stepping down as the head of the company through polls on the social media platform. To Microsoft co-founder and world’s fourth-richest man Bill Gates, Musk has taken a “seat-of-the-pants” style approach to things.
The seat-of-the-pants style is based on experience, instinct, or guesswork and relies on one’s personal experience and judgment rather than objective measures or technology.
What Gates thinks about Musk’s decision-making style
Musk’s decision-making style on Twitter is “seat-of-the-pants”, according to Gates, who believes the fellow tech billionaire’s management style could increase polarization on the platform.
“I think, certainly, the Twitter situation is exacerbating things. Instead of an objective set of measures taken by a broad group of people, you’re seeing seat-of-the-pants type activity, The Microsoft co-founder told the Financial Times in an interview.
He further suggested that social media companies “need to focus on things that incite riots or create huge misconceptions about the safety of vaccines or masks or those kinds of things.” Battling misinformation was challenging “even for a fair-minded person with the best technology in the world and an infinite staffing budget,” he told the publication.
Gates and Musk have expressed conflicting opinions in the past on a number of issues such as space travel and climate change.
Earlier in May this year, Gates had said that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Musk could potentially make micro-blogging site Twitter a ‘worse’ platform. According to CNN, Gates cautioned on Musk’s $44 billion takeover deal of Twitter, saying that Musk “could actually make it worse”.
Gates had said, “If you need money and need to hire great engineers, he’s probably as good a person as anybody” to guide Twitter through its next chapter. ” performance.
Musk acquired Twitter in October for $44 billion, after which he made several changes to the company. The billionaire had sacked top leadership – including CEO Parag Agarwal – following his acquisition and, days later, laid off nearly half of Twitter’s workforce.
