
Elon Musk’s from-out-of-nowhere announcement that he was putting his acquisition of Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) on hold stirred criticism, cynicism and compassion on the platform, with users bringing the hashtag #elonsproblems to trending status.
WTF Elon: Musk tweeted earlier today that the Twitter purchase was “temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users.” He later backpedaled with a tweet that he was “still committed to acquisition.”