TV personality Bonang Matheba is not happy with some of the changes new Twitter boss Elon Musk has implemented. Images via Twitter: @elonmusk, @bonang_m/Instagram
‘Ruined the entire thing’: Bonang laments Musk’s Twitter changes
TV personality Bonang Matheba is not happy with some of the changes new Twitter boss Elon Musk has implemented.
TV personality Bonang Matheba is not happy with some of the changes new Twitter boss Elon Musk has implemented. Images via Twitter: @elonmusk, @bonang_m/Instagram
Media personality Bonang Matheba has joined the growing number of people criticising the way South African-born billionaire Elon Musk is running Twitter.
After taking over as the social media company’s CEO in October last year, the 51-year-old Tesla boss faced a lot of criticism and was question for his many changes.
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‘ELON MUSK HAS RUINED THE ENTIRE THING‘
The TV presenter, who is also a businesswoman was responding to TV producer Portia Gumede who was lamenting the new Twotter algorithm which makes it hard for users to see their usual followers’ tweets on their timelines.
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“Elon Musk has us scattered all over the TL. Hard to find tweets of those I follow on the TL. To find your faves you have to write to Khumbul’ekhaya,” the Twitter user wrote.
In response, Bonang said: “Yoh!! He’s ruined the entire thing.”
OTHER TWITTER CHANGES
Among some of the major changes made by Musk was firing half of the Twitter staff in his first week. A month later, he gave remaining employees an ultimatum to pledge working under his new hard-charging culture or join the fired staff. Many opted for the latter.
This gave birth to the hashing #RIPTwitter as many users felt the company would collapse son, but Musk was not bothered az he trolled the hashtag.
Before #RIPTwitter, Musk also announced that there would be a subscription fee for verification badges — which was also criticised.
“Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.”
He added that the price will be adjusted by “country proportionate to purchasing power parity.”
While the blue check mark still remains, the company introduced yellow check marks for accounts belongjng to a company or an organization — according to Distractify.
Another change that was made was getting rid of “Twitter for iPhone or Android” feature.
In December, the Space X founder asked his millions of followers to vote in a poll to decide whether or not he should continue as the Twitter CEO — 57.5% of people voted “yes”.
