Musk, Dorsey argue over how to make information on Twitter accurate

After laying off nearly 50% of its workforce, Twitter's current owner Elon Musk has now engaged in a war of words with the company's co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey.

On Monday, Dorsey took on Musk over the social media platform's new features and vision for the future. Musk had tweeted earlier that Twitter needs to become the most accurate source of information about the world. The conversation goes as below: 

"Twitter needs to become by far the most accurate source of information about the world. That's our mission," Musk tweeted. 

Responding to this vision, Jack Dorsey, Twitter Founder replied, "Accurate to who? (sic),"  

"As judged by the people of Twitter via Community Notes (formerly Birdwatch)," Musk wrote. 

"I still think...Birdwatch is a far better name. And 'more informative' a far better goal," Dorsey responded. 

For the unversed, Twitter's Birdwatch program is a collaborative, community-driven feature that adds helpful context to tweets and keep people better informed. After Musk took over Twitter, he renamed the program as "Community Notes".

"Birdwatch gives me the creeps," Musk tweeted. 

The conversation didn’t end there. Musk further wrote: "Not everything needs to have 'bird' in the name! Too many bird groups fighting each internally other at Twitter. Angry Birds!” 

On Saturday, Dorsey took the blame for thousands of people losing their job and said, “Folks at Twitter past and present are strong and resilient. They will always find a way no matter how difficult the moment. I realise many are angry with me. I own the responsibility for why everyone is in this situation: I grew the company size too quickly. I apologise for that," he said. 

Dorsey reportedly rolled his entire stake of Twitter shares, worth nearly $1 billion at the buyout price of $54.20, into the privately held company he founded, which is now controlled by Musk. 

Regulatory filings also show Dorsey, who was Twitter’s chief executive until late last year, rolled over some 18 million shares into the private company, making him one of its biggest shareholders. 

Musk and Dorsey long have also admired each other in a “bromance” that played a significant role in shaping the Tesla chief executive’s bid to buy the company, a Financial Times report said. 

In private messages, revealed in court filings, Dorsey encouraged Musk to buy the platform. Dorsey also said he had previously tried to bring Musk on to the board of Twitter, but the directors had refused because they were too “risk averse”, referring to them as “terrible”. 

In public, upon the board agreeing to the takeover, Dorsey tweeted: “Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.” Dorsey left the Twitter board in May just weeks after the company announced the sale to Musk for $44bn. 

Things however seem extremely uncertain and chaotic at Twitter at present. Twitter is undergoing dramatic changes as the billionaire took over Twitter in a $44 billion deal just about a week ago – from Musk firing top executives, charging $8 Blue subscription and more recently beginning widespread employee cuts around the world, resulting in as many as half of its more than 7,500 staff losing their jobs. 

Musk, however, has defended the mass layoffs at Twitter by saying axed employees received a three-month payment from the company, which is losing more than $4 million a day. He also said that everyone exited was offered 3 months of severance.” 

Meanwhile, some advertises have also pulled spending since the deal was announced, with Musk blaming activist groups for pressuring advertisers amid concerns about its content moderation.