Lil Nas X's Joke About Becoming Twitter CEO Inspires Calls for Site to Remove Neo-Nazi Accounts
Seth Rogen was among those using the Lil Nas X tweet to renew calls for Jack and company to do something about the ongoing problem.
Fresh off his announcement of negotiations with an inflatable depiction of an extraterrestrial being regarding climate change, Lil Nas X joked early Friday that he was temporarily taking over Jack Dorsey's job as Twitter CEO.
Naturally, this joke resulted in semi-celebratory responses in which understandably frustrated Twitter frequenters requested that Lil Nas X take this jokingly presented opportunity to do something serious, i.e. make a move regarding the prevalence of neo-Nazi-linked accounts.
Among those calling out this oft-discussed Twitter issue was none other than Seth Rogen, noting that Dorsey has "amplified" white supremacist voices with the site's verification methodology:
And Rogen wasn't alone, with many others using the Lil Nas X x Jack Dorsey Twitter back-and-forth to shine a light on one of the site's most widely criticized pitfalls:
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The platform's approach to these issues has, to put it lightly, been a constant source of criticism for Dorsey and company.
Friday, Twitter shares experienced a surge following an earnings report that showed an increase in daily users, though any given timeline scroll in recent days likely introduces you to a flurry of publicly expressed disapproval of recent design changes that only add to the headache-like experience of even bothering with Twitter at all.
Lil Nas X, meanwhile, gave his "Old Town Road' another new spin earlier this week with the release of a remix from BTS' RM retitled "Seoul Town Road."
