New Delhi: After his dramatic acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk has managed to keep the spotlight on himself. Musk has recently been slammed for firing a large number of employees at the microblogging site after tweeting that the company was losing $4 million per day. While the decision sparked widespread criticism and debate, one particular incident caught the attention of netizens.
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Netizens were perplexed when Twitter's new CEO Elon Musk was seen tweeting in Hindi and Bhojpuri — until it was revealed that the entire thing was fake. The account that posted Bhojpuri chartbuster Lollipop Lagelu belonged to Ian Woolford, an American-Australian Hindi professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne. His tweets caused a stir because the majority of them were Hindi catchphrases. For a brief moment, Twitter users believed Elon Musk was tweeting in Hindi, as he went to great lengths to replicate Elon Musk's profile. He even changed his bio to Elon Musk's: Twitter Complaint Hotline Operator.
The account was suspended on Saturday after these tweets went viral.
After a $44 billion buyout, Musk became the new owner of the microblogging site. Top executives such as ex-CEO Parag Agarwal and Vijaya Gadde have been fired since he took over, prompting a flood of memes on Twitter.
