Maye Musk (L) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attend the 2017 Vainness Truthful Oscar Social gathering hosted by Graydon … [+]
Ever since asserting his Twitter acquisition, Elon Musk’s title has been repeatedly trending on the social media platform, as his unusual commentary and bizzare enterprise negotiations play out in public, by way of erratic Twitter posts and poop emojis.
Musk’s newest campaign is towards spambots, which he believes make up a better proportion of Twitter customers than the corporate acknowledges. Musk’s mom, the writer, dietitian and mannequin Maye Musk, took her son’s declare very critically certainly, and began looking Twitter for accounts that put up imply feedback about her billionaire son, flagging them as potential bots and declaring them to be “nasty.”
It’s already surreal to see one of many wealthiest males on the planet repeatedly put up “dad jokes” on Twitter, however Musk’s mom taking the time to have interaction with nameless, low-follower accounts that dare to poke enjoyable of her son, could be weirder than something Elon Musk has ever posted – and satirically, solely amplifies the engagement of mentioned accounts.
In fact, Twitter customers took discover, and offered commentary.
Maye Musk didn’t cease there, doubling down on her suspicion that the “cyberbullying” of Elon Musk could be astroturfed, regardless of the union-busting billionaire’s penchant for attracting controversy and criticism.
Regardless of her finest intentions, Maye Musk inadvertently sparked a brand new hashtag, #PoorElon, which prompted customers to sarcastically touch upon how “powerful” the space-fairing billionaire has it.
Amusingly, this isn’t the primary time that Maye Musk has proven a protecting streak; she has beforehand scolded a parody account for spreading rumors about Elon Musk’s love life, after she accompanied him to the Met Gala.
Reasonably endearingly, Maye Musk additionally berated her son for cracking a morbid joke.
As #PoorElon continued to pattern, Elon Musk sparked much more backlash as he posted a tweet warning the world that the “woke thoughts virus” might destroy human civilization, echoing the hyperbolic fever goals of right-wing tradition warriors.
Regardless of Maye Musk’s issues, her son appears completely able to attracting controversy and “nasty” feedback all by himself – with out the assistance of insidious Twitter bots.
