Fresh Twitter Backer Elon Musk Says Rival Facebook Gives Him 'The Willies'

Tesla Inc TSLA CEO Elon Musk and nascent Twitter Inc TWTR shareholder has said Meta Platforms Inc’s FB Facebook gives him "the willies."

What Happened: Musk made the admission early on Tuesday morning in response to Facebook CTO Andrew Bosworth's comments on an edit button feature for social media posts.

Facebook gives me the willies

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2022

Musk’s comments were part of a thread that involved popular podcaster Liz Wheeler, who had argued against adding an edit functionality to Twitter posts.

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“What if a tweet goes viral, lots of retweets & millions of impressions, & then the author completely changes the meaning? Not just a grammatical fix, but a TOTAL ideological change? Or shameless self-promote?" the host of "The Liz Wheeler" show asked.

Here's my argument against an edit button: What if a tweet goes viral, lots of retweets & millions of impressions, & then the author completely changes the meaning? Not just a grammatical fix, but a TOTAL ideological change? Or shameless self-promote?

— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) April 5, 2022

Bosworth replied that Facebook had solved the problem by including an indicator that a post had been edited along with a changelog. 

On Monday, Musk shared his reasoning on why polls on Twitter are important. 

Price Action: Twitter shares jumped 27% to $49.93 in the regular session on Monday and traded 1.2% higher at $50.52 in the after-hours trading. On the same day, Tesla shares closed 5.6% higher at $1,145.45 in the regular session, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

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