Elon Musk Suggests Converting Twitter HQ Into Homeless Shelter, Removing 'W' in Twitter

The newest member of Twitter's board of directors — Elon Musk — tweeted new ideas for improving Twitter last night. "Everyone who signs up for Twitter Blue (i.e. pays $3/month) should get an authentication checkmark," Musk suggested, adding later that "It would massively expand the verified pool & make bot armies too expensive to maintain." Musk clarified that this checkmark "should be different from 'public figure' or 'official account' checkmark." And he also noted that Twitter Blue subscribers already get special features like a modifiable 20 second time window in which they can edit their tweets. "And no ads," Musk suggested in another tweet. "The power of corporations to dictate policy is greatly enhanced if Twitter depends on advertising money to survive." Moments later Musk tweeted a poll, asking his followers to vote Yes or No to this idea: Convert Twitter's San Francisco headquarters to a homeless shelter since no one shows up anyway. Within 16 hours 1,425,937 people had voted "Yes!" — a whopping 91.3% of all votes cast. (Versus just 135,877 votes for "No.") But five hours later, Musk had moved on to yet another question, polling his followers for "Yes" or "No" votes on this idea: Delete the w in Twitter?

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