China News Service, June 17th. According to a comprehensive report, on the 16th local time, the world's richest man and Tesla CEO Elon Musk participated in the Twitter staff meeting for the first time.

He was full of praise for WeChat at the conference, saying that if Twitter wants to be more successful, it should "learn from the experience" of China's WeChat app.

"WeChat is a great app"

　　"If we can reproduce this (WeChat) model on Twitter, we will have great success," Musk said. "WeChat is a great app" that has been deeply integrated into Chinese people's daily life. in life.

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　　And this is not the first time Musk has praised WeChat.

　　In May, when Musk was at a podcast summit, when asked by the host if he would add a payment function to Twitter after the acquisition, he replied, “WeChat is powerful, similar to Twitter plus PayPal payments. , plus various other features, it all comes together. The interface is great too, it's a really good app."

　　He added, "There is no app like WeChat outside of China, and I think such an app would be very useful."

　　According to the introduction of WeChat on Tencent's official website, as of March 2020, the combined monthly active accounts of "WeChat and WeChat" exceeded 1.2 billion.

　　Musk told Twitter employees he wanted to see 1 billion daily active users on Twitter, a goal that could take a decade at the earliest.

That target is nearly four times the current level, judging by data from Twitter's first-quarter 2022 earnings report.

Will you continue to acquire Twitter?

　　Whether Musk reiterated his willingness to acquire Twitter at the meeting has also become the focus of the market.

　　Bloomberg reported that Musk was not asked directly or whether he was committed to acquiring Twitter.

　　However, there are opinions that Musk’s participation in this meeting means that he is preparing to complete this blockbuster acquisition.

FILE PHOTO: The Twitter app is visible on a digital device.

　　On the other hand, when asked if he planned to take on the role of Twitter CEO, Musk gave no clear answer, saying that he is not obsessed with the title, but does want to "push the product in a specific direction."

　　The report pointed out that after the meeting, most of Musk’s views, including the remote working situation, layoffs, and less attention to content moderation, worried Twitter employees.

　　On April 25, local time, Musk and Twitter’s board of directors reached a final agreement to acquire it at a price of $54.2 per share, a transaction valued at about $44 billion.

But on May 13, Musk abruptly announced that the acquisition was "on hold" and demanded that Twitter release details on the number of spam and fake accounts.

On June 6, Musk said he might walk away from acquiring Twitter due to Twitter's "serious breach of related obligations."

　　However, on June 8, The Washington Post, citing sources, reported that after a weeks-long stalemate, Twitter’s board plans to comply with Musk’s request to provide access to its full Firehose, a daily basis. Publish a data stream of over 500 million tweets.