Former Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey no longer thinks Elon Musk is the best person to run Twitter

Former Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey no longer thinks Elon Musk is the best person to run Twitter

Former Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey has expressed his disappointment at how Elon Musk is handling the micro-blogging platform since the takeover.

On his Bluesky platform, Jack commented that Musk should have simply paid the $1 billion termination fee if either he or Twitter had decided to cancel the deal they made last year.

Jack wrote:

“If Elon or anyone wanted to buy the company, all they had to do was name a price that the board felt was better than what the company could do independently. This is true for every public company. Was I optimistic? Yes. Did I have the final say? No. I think he should have walked away and paid the $1 billion.”

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In addition, Jack voiced his disapproval of Musk’s Blue Badge subscription policy, stating that the requirement of payment to prove one’s humanity is a deceptive tactic.

In his words,

“Payment as a proof of human is a trap and I am not aligned with that at all. The payment systems being used for that proof exclude millions if not billions of people.”

Jack’s recent critique of Musk’s leadership at Twitter is in contrast to his public support of Musk in 2022. At that time, Jack had expressed his trust in Musk’s ability to manage the company and had faith in him.

Jack tweeted in 2022,

“In principle, I don’t believe anyone should run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company. Solving the problem of it being a company, however, Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness”.

Since Musk took over Twitter, there has been significant backlash due to the large-scale layoffs of employees and the numerous changes he has implemented on the platform.

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