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Elon Musk is one of the most influential personalities in the market.
Elon Musk’s decision reminds us of the effect that the decisions of billionaires have within companies that have a preponderant influence in certain industries.
Elon Musk left without his blue dove to Ricardo Salinasso the businessman suffers from the loss of one of the greatest achievements he has had now that he is an influencer, for which he will have to pay for Twitter Blue.
Musk’s decision reminds us that long ago he was one of the most admired people in Silicon Valley. First Round Capital threw a My dear in this regard, where he concluded that he was the most admired personality along with other public figures such as mark zuckerberg or the same Steve Jobs.
Elon Musk snatches achievement
Ricardo Salinas He has congratulated himself on two things since he arrived on social networks. The first, having a verified account and the second, the more than a million followers that he accumulates in his account.
let’s have a moment of silence https://t.co/O67G5yN0jk pic.twitter.com/B1o3t5uCuE
— David 🕊️ (@_davidkaplan) April 20, 2023
Now everything has changed because the owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, deleted the famous blue ticks that certify verified accounts on the social network and to have it, users will have to pay, as one of the many resources that the billionaire has made, to make the platform profitable.
The decision made by Musk has had the same impact on Chumel Torres’s account as on Taylor Swift’s and any number of celebrities or personalities who have an account. The case is already a trend on social networks and the reactions against the way Musk is operating said platform have escalated with all kinds of criticism.
Elon Musk has made a series of reforms that have affected users of his services such as Twitter, but Elon Musk is not the only billionaire who has made decisions that impact an entire industry.
There are cases that were registered in 2022 with telephony giants such as Telcel, when Carlos Slim’s company dedicated itself to developing activities that have allowed the brand to become a benchmark in moments such as the inflation that is experienced.
On that occasion, the order related to Carlos Slim was to rule out increases in América Móvil’s rates, making this fact very important in the market and definitive to understand the value of decision-making, since this action then had an impact on 81 million telephone users throughout the country.
“Telcel communicates to all its customers that it will not increase the prices of its voice and data services in prepaid and postpaid modalities, including wireless internet at home and data packages, throughout 2022”, was the company’s position in that occasion.
These cases show us how important decision-making is and how they impact an entire ecosystem of users when it comes to companies that attract attention due to their influence on a million-dollar number of users or the preponderance they have in an entire segment.