Mashable: However, a resignation from the CEO position would not affect his status as Twitter's owner.

In light of the backlash he has received for his management decisions at Twitter, Elon Musk has posed the question to the site's users of whether he should resign. He asked his 122 million followers on Twitter if he should resign, and 57.5% of them said "yes."

Mr. Musk, who paid $44 billion for Twitter, said he would accept the outcome of the poll before it concluded. Since taking over the site, the tech magnate who also controls Tesla and Space X has been the target of harsh criticism.

Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022
After the poll ended, Mr. Musk has not yet responded. However, a resignation from the CEO position would not affect his status as Twitter's owner.

Following the conclusion of the World Cup final match between Argentina and France, Musk tweeted out his poll while he was in Qatar to witness the game. To make up for his previous lack of action, he promised to institute a vote for all future key policy changes.

Musk has faced calls to refocus on Tesla, whose share price has been plunging, and criticism for his dramatic changes at the social network following his takeover, such as sacking more than half its workforce and putting back previously blocked accounts. He has spent a lot of time on Twitter since he reluctantly finalized the transaction at the end of October.

On Thursday night, following a heated exchange with journalists—among the most active users on Twitter—he continued to write well into the early hours of the morning. Several of these outlets, including the Washington Post and CNN, were blacklisted by the platform because of allegations that they were doxxing his address. Numerous groups, including the ACLU and the United Nations, voiced their disapproval of the decision, calling it a "dangerous precedent."

Twitter also announced then rescinded a policy change over the weekend, saying that accounts "created solely" to promote competing social networks will be banned. After at least one high-profile account was suspended as a result of this move, Musk quickly announced that he would be revising the rules. Later, Twitter's Safety account provided a poll asking if it should have a rule barring accounts that promote competing networks.