New Delhi: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has shown again that he can run Twitter however he wants, and his latest move is to prey on journalists.
Musk announced on Sunday that any scribe contacting the tech giant’s press department would be greeted with a single poop emoji.
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ā Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 19, 2023
Giving a glimpse of the new automated answering system, Musk tweeted: “press@twitter.com Now auto reacts with (emoji).
Several Twitter users took to the comments section to confirm the new reply system, with many posting screenshots of their email responses.
“Verified. Just sent a test email to press@twitter.com And got a message with (emoji) in the subject line. Marketing experts will be writing about this for years to come. #disruptive marketing wrote a user.
while the other commented: “I hope to see this in every article going forward”We reached out to Twitter for comment, which made the statement (poop emoji).
Before Musk took over, reporters could usually expect email responses to their questions. Since late October, following the $44 billion deal between Twitter and Musk, the social media platform’s press team stopped responding to emails, reports forbes, Musk bought the microblogging website under Promise promote free speech.
However, after the acquisition of the company, the billionaire removed Entire communication department in 2020.
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