Maybe Elon Musk doesn’t want a legal battle with Twitter? After contacting their lawyers argument of 165 pages As for why he no longer wants to go ahead with his $44 billion deal to buy the platform, Musk has offered to discuss things publicly, perhaps in front of Tesla fans, Dogecoin holders, and would-be settlers. from Mars among his Twitter followers; At the end of the so-called Twitter bot problem.
“For the present challenge @paraga: To the public debate on the percentage of Twitter bots. musk announces to the 102 million members of its forum. “To show the public that Twitter has
I hereby challenge you @paraga: To the public debate about the percentage of Twitter bots.
Prove to the public that Twitter has less than 5% of fake or spam daily users.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 6, 2022
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Musk quickly pinned the tweet to his profile afterward. surveyed his followers on whether they believe Twitter’s argument that less than five percent of its monthly daily active users are “fake/spam.” The two options are “Yes” with three bot emojis (cleverly implying that any user who chooses that option is also a bot) or “Lmaooo no”.
So far, 67.2 percent of users have chosen the “Lmaoo no” option. The poll ends on Sunday and the results will almost inevitably be skewed in favor of Musk. It seems unlikely that this latest tactic will resonate directly with Agrawal or Twitter president Brett Taylor, as the actual dispute (in front of an actual judge and jury) is scheduled for a hearing. in court in just a few months.
Twitter’s lawyers have already filed what the company thinks about Musk’s bot allegations (which Twitter claims Musk received from some website called Botometer) in its own presentation of weight that his tweets get mentioned a lot and may be updated to include today’s selection. of course they are experts in purely corporate and contract law — they may not have what it takes to move the argument forward through memes, tweet quotes, and polls.