Billionaire Elon Musk tweeted for the first time since losing an online poll in which he asked users if he should step down as CEO of Twitter and told them he would "abide by the results".
The poll attracted more than 17 million voters in just 12 hours, with 57.5 per cent voting "Yes".
The Tesla CEO responded "interesting" last night to a suggestion from Kim Dotcom, founder of the once popular file-sharing website Megaupload, that the poll results were skewed by fake accounts.
Another user suggested that "Blue subscribers should be the only ones that can vote in policy-related polls". "Good point," Mr Musk said in response. Twitter will make the necessary changes." Twitter Blue is a paid subscription that allows users to purchase account verification badges.
His poll comes on the heels of the most recent uproar over a policy that prohibited users from linking to rival social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Mastodon.
Within hours, Twitter reversed the policy. "In the future, there will be a vote on major policy changes. Please accept my apologies. "This will not happen again," he added.