Elon Musk Criticizes Twitter — Gets Blasted for Using Tesla to Promote Crypto, Dogecoin

Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has criticized Twitter for utilizing its engineering sources to supply a non-fungible token (NFT) profile image service. “Twitter is spending engineering sources on this bs whereas crypto scammers are throwing a spambot block get together in each thread,” Musk mentioned.

Elon Musk Criticizes How Twitter Uses Engineering Resources

Tesla CEO Elon Musk criticized Twitter Friday relating to its new non-fungible token (NFT) profile image service. “This is annoying,” Musk wrote. “Twitter is spending engineering sources on this bs whereas crypto scammers are throwing a spambot block get together in each thread!?”

Twitter launched the NFT profile image service Thursday to permit customers to arrange an NFT as their profile image. NFT profile footage are displayed with a particular hexagon form. “Right now Twitter solely helps static picture NFTs (JPEG, PNG) minted on the Ethereum blockchain,” the corporate clarified.

Musk’s tweet obtained many feedback. Some agreed with the Tesla CEO that Twitter ought to make the most of its sources higher, emphasizing the necessity to crack down on crypto scammers and spambots on the platform.

Adam Singer, a former Google advertising and marketing supervisor, concurred with Musk, tweeting:

Elon is true on this. Twitter’s product staff wants higher prioritization on what’s really necessary for person expertise.

He added, “Incidentally, each Elon Tweet remark part is a straightforward honeypot they might use to nuke a non-trivial quantity of spammers/grifters (but they do nothing).”

However, some counter-attacked Musk for utilizing Tesla’s engineering sources on cryptocurrency, significantly by accepting the meme cryptocurrency dogecoin (DOGE).

“Some individuals really feel the identical means about cryptocurrency,” one advised Musk. Another wrote, “Tesla is losing sources in crypto BS too.” A 3rd commented, “Is Tesla selling Doge isn’t annoying?” A fourth identified:

Elon [is] getting completely donked on for criticizing Twitter spending sources on NFT integration whereas doing the very same factor together with his firm & DOGE.

Musk’s electrical automobile firm accepted bitcoin early final yr however stopped on account of environmental issues. The firm began accepting dogecoin funds on Jan. 14 for some merchandise.

Do you agree with Elon Musk? Let us know within the feedback part under.