Published 17:59 IST, April 11th 2022

Jeff Bezos nods to Elon Musk's now-deleted posts over changes in Twitter; Paytm CEO reacts

Jeff Bezos agreed with Elon Musk's idea of converting Twitter's headquarters into a homless shelter, an exchange which caught the eye of Paytm CEO Vijay Sharma.

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hype around Elon Musk joining Twitter board has fizzled out after microblogging major’s CEO Parag Agarwal anunced that billionaire has declined to become a member. Earlier on Monday, Agarwal posted a te on Twitter saying that decision was me by Musk himself after many direct discussions with him. "We have and always will value input from our shareholders wher y are on our board or t. Elon is our biggest shareholder and we will remain open to his input", Agarwal's te re.

Following anuncement, Musk seems to have taken a step back as he has w deleted tweets he shared on Sunday. witty tweets suggested major changes via a poll including turning Twitter's San Francisco hequarters into a homeless shelter since " one shows up (for work) anyway," Musk h written. In dition to this, he also held a poll over changing Twitter's name by removing word 'w'. While voting was going strong, results would longer be declared as Musk has w deleted said tweets after declining to join company board. 

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Jeff Bezos ds to Musk's suggestions; Paytm founder reacts

world's second-richest man and Musk's rival Jeff Bezos agreed with Tesla founder's idea of converting Twitter's hequarters into a homeless shelter. "Or do portion. Worked out great and makes it easy for employees who want to volunteer", Bezos wrote in his reply to Musk's deleted tweet. Interestingly, this exchange caught eye of Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma who shared a screenshot of conversation. "Jeff joins Elon on Twitter. Which platform in world can ever pull this off ?", Sharma wrote in his post.

Meanwhile, Musk backing down from joining board has created quite a shock among his fans who were seemingly excited after Agarwal anunced his inclusion last Tuesday. However, As Agarwal said,  tech mogul still remains biggest shareholder with 9.2% company stake in his possession worth almost $3 billion. 

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17:59 IST, April 11th 2022