Twitter founder reveals 'greatest remorse'

The founding father of Twitter mentioned on Thursday that he regrets that the social media platform grew to become an organization.

Jack Dorsey, who stepped down as CEO of Twitter final yr, additionally acknowledged that Twitter being run as an organization is the "greatest problem" with the platform. Dorsey, 45, made the remark in a submit on the social media platform responding to a consumer with issues that Twitter has a "leftward" bent and is banning an "inordinate quantity of rightward leaning." Dorsey added that his desire would have been to have Twitter perform extra like electronic mail or bitcoin.

"The largest problem and my greatest remorse is that it grew to become an organization," Dorsey tweeted.

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Dorsey mentioned that his most well-liked construction for Twitter to function beneath can be as "a protocol," citing electronic mail, bitcoin, the web, and the programming language HTML as examples.

He added that he believes Twitter "can’t be owned by a state, or firm" and that his perception "turns into clearer each day."

The corporate has been rocked by a number of scandals in latest weeks.

Twitter is at the moment in a dispute with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk over a $44 billion settlement for Musk to purchase the corporate that he's within the strategy of backing out of.

Dorsey, who nonetheless has a 2.3% stake within the firm, would obtain $978 million if the deal is accomplished.

On Wednesday, the previous Twitter head of safety alleged in a whistleblower criticism that Twitter executives tried to deceive regulators about main safety issues that make customers' private info susceptible to hackers.