Twitter owner Elon Musk presented the site’s new media relations plan, revealing that journalists who communicate with the company’s press department will be greeted with a “shit 💩” emoji.
press@twitter.com now auto responds with 💩
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 19, 2023
And to confirm that Musk’s tweet was not sarcastic, tweeters posted the response they got when they sent an email to Twitter’s media relations department, which was “💩” and was not accompanied by words.
Why is elon so mean to me? pic.twitter.com/8JyCrhgXxx
— Yanky (@Yanky_Pollak) March 19, 2023
confirmed pic.twitter.com/lx8iYGz7nC
— Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi) March 19, 2023
confirmed 😂 pic.twitter.com/LSgD14fc0F
— Ouriel @ZenGo (@OurielOhayon) March 19, 2023
Musk bought Twitter under a promise to promote freedom of expression, in response to the network’s controversial ban on a 2020 article published by “The Most” newspaper that detailed the questionable foreign lobbying practices of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden.