After the social microblogging site Twitter was taken over by Elon Musk, there has been a significant number of changes made by the SpaceX founder. Starting from bringing back Twitter Accounts of controversial personalities like Donald Trump to changes in the verified check marks, there have been many modifications following the $44 billion takeover. Amidst all this, the American Horror author Stephen King once again called out Musk on Twitter.
Stephen King is known for his controversial remarks on the events currently happening in the world. His statements on Elon Musk have given rise to a long internet brawl between him and the Twitter Boss. His recent addition to this series of Tweets has been more interesting as he both praised as well as criticized the 51-year-old wealthiest person in the world.
What did Stephen King say about Elon Musk?
It can’t be said that the experiments tried by Elon Musk on the little blue bird have all been very successful. His plans for the paid verification check mark couldn’t last more than 48 hours and also encouraged a lot of chaos on the platform. The company had to halt the plan forcefully.
Stephen King is not much of a fan of the CEO which he also made clear in several of his tweets. He even called him Tom Sawyer on the public platform and openly stated that the pre-Musk days were better. But his recent Tweet has been both controversial as well as interesting as he called the Iron Man 2 actor a visionary of Tesla only to end up calling him a misfit for Twitter.
I think Elon Musk is a visionary. Almost singlehandedly, he’s changed the way Americans think about automobiles. I have a Tesla and love it. That said, he’s been a terrible fit for Twitter. He appears to be making it up as he goes along.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) November 26, 2022
While this tweet grabbed many eyeballs, some people also pointed out that Elon Musk was not the founder of Tesla, and King has been wrong in stating facts. Very soon The Shining writer tweeted on his account that he only said that Musk made it a grand success and never crowned him as the creator.
Be aware that I never said Musk CREATED Tesla. He didn’t. He just made it a success, against long odds. If you really want to understand how amazing that was, look at the DeLorian.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) November 26, 2022
It looks like the online brawl isn’t going to end soon as even Musk is reluctant to stay silent even after this long chain of Tweet-war.
What did Elon Musk reply to Stephen King?
The Billionaire didn’t take much time to reply to the 75-year-old writer that his suggestions are welcome.
Suggestions are welcome Mr. 👑
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 26, 2022
It has been repeatedly stated by Musk that he wants to make Twitter a platform for free speech which will not be tolerant of any violation of the law. But things don’t seem to go as he speculated and many advertisers have refrained from posting anything on Twitter over the recent period due to the surge in misinformation and hijacked accounts. Stephen King has also earlier trolled Twitter by saying that one day only MyPillow will be left to advertise on Twitter.
Pretty soon the only advertiser left on Twitter will be My Pillow.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) November 22, 2022
According to Washington Post, it can be disastrous for Musk to lose more advertisers. The platform has already lost more than a third of its top 100 marketers. It will be interesting to watch how Elon Musk deals with the issues which can be drastic if persists in the long run.
Source: Twitter/The Washington Post
