Twitter boss Elon Musk sets automatic poop emoji response for all press requests

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has set an automatic poop emoji for all press requests.

Musk tweeted about the change early on Sunday morning.

Musk tweeted: ‘press@twitter.com now auto responds with [poop emoji]’. 

On Saturday, the billionaire took to Twitter to claim that Donald Trump will win the 2024 presidential election by a landslide if he is indicted.

Prosecutors have been considering indicting the former president based on alleged hush money paid by his lawyer to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. 

Trump claims he will be arrested on Tuesday.

Pictured: Elon Musk speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on March 17, 2023. Musk tweeted about the early on Sunday morning

‘press@twitter.com now auto responds with [poop emoji],’ Musk tweeted

‘If this happens, Trump will be re-elected in a landslide victory,’ Musk wrote on Twitter on Saturday morning.

Musk, who took over the platform in October, was replying to a tweet that claimed Trump could be handcuffed if he is arrested. 

An email from MailOnline to Twitter’s press office today was responded to with the poop emoji.

In May 2022, Musk replied to a tweet of the then-CEO of Twitter, Parag Agrawal, with the emoji on its own. 

Some interpreted this as criticism of Agrawal’s earlier statements about addressing bots on the platform.

The company had presented the tweet as part of a lawsuit that contended Musk had ‘violated his obligations’ under the merger deal that was tabled when he agreed to take over the platform.

An email from MailOnline to Twitter’s press office was responded to with the poop emoji

On Saturday, the billionaire took to Twitter to claim that Donald Trump will win the 2024 presidential election if the former president is indicted 

Musk on Friday said that he will make public the long-secret algorithm for recommending tweets.

The code used for recommending the posts suggested to users will become ‘open source’ at the end of March, Musk said in a tweet.

‘People will discover many silly things, but we’ll patch issues as soon as they’re found!’ Musk tweeted.

‘Providing code transparency will be incredibly embarrassing at first, but it should lead to rapid improvement in recommendation quality.’

Musk argued that the recommendation algorithm used at Twitter is overly complicated and not fully understood inside the company.

‘We’re developing a simplified approach to serve more compelling tweets, but it’s still a work in progress,’ Musk said.

Musk on Friday said that he will make public the long-secret algorithm for recommending tweets

Making the code open source would mean developers, including aspiring rivals, would be able to put their own spins on the algorithm, according to a foundation for the software ecosystem.

Musk has tried to wean Twitter from advertising and promote subscriptions as a new way to bring in cash – an idea that Meta is testing as well.

Facebook owner Meta revealed earlier this month that it is working on a new ‘text sharing’ social media network, in a project seen as a potential rival to Twitter.

‘We’re exploring a standalone, decentralized social network for sharing text updates,’ Meta, which also owns Instagram, said in a short emailed statement.

‘We believe there’s an opportunity for a separate space where creators and public figures can share timely updates about their interests,’ the statement added.