WASHINGTON – US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who recently acquired Twitter, says the social media platform will soon allow users to create long posts, reported Sputnik.
“Twitter will soon add (the) ability to attach long-form text to tweets, ending (the) absurdity of notepad screenshots,” Musk tweeted yesterday.
In a later tweet, Musk promised to also improve the social network’s search function.
“Search within Twitter reminds me of Infoseek in ‘98! That will also get a lot better pronto,” the South African-born businessman said.
Musk finally closed the US$44 billion (RM208 billion) deal to acquire Twitter last week, coming shortly before voters head to the polls in the November 8 midterms to determine who controls the US Congress.
According to Musk, Twitter has a lot of potential, but the company currently has no other choice than to fire employees as it is losing money. Five current and former employees filed a class-action suit against the social media company on Thursday for allegedly failing to provide sufficient notice of the mass lay-offs following Musk’s takeover.
After completing the acquisition of the social media network, Musk fired chief executive officer Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde. The US billionaire also said that a special council “with widely diverse viewpoints” would be set up to moderate the platform. – Bernama, November 6, 2022
