In a bizarre turn of events, SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk has deleted the Facebook pages of both SpaceX and Tesla after a dare he had received on Twitter. Both the pages have been brought down and are currently inactive.
The Build-Up To The Whole Issue
It is time. #deletefacebook
— Brian Acton (@brianacton) March 20, 2018
As part of his daily routine, Musk was answering his tweets on Friday morning when he received one peculiar tweet from Brian Acton, Co-founder of WhatsApp. The tweet from Acton contained the hashtag #deletefacebook, to which Musk replied by stating “What’s Facebook?”
What’s Facebook?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2018
What Prompted Musk To Delete the Pages?
Delete SpaceX page on Facebook if you're the man?
— ㅤ (@serdarsprofile) March 23, 2018
In the midst of all this, another Twitter user commented by stating that Musk should delete the company Facebook page. Elon Musk responded by saying that he had no Idea that there was a Facebook page of Tesla or SpaceX and he would duly bring them down.
I didn’t realize there was one. Will do.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2018
He was challenged by the twitter user that if he was “The Man”, he would delta the page which Musk duly did later onwards.
we're waiting pic.twitter.com/5jAEEdja1k
— Ryan Mac (@RMac18) March 23, 2018
What Happened Next?
this should be deleted too right? pic.twitter.com/1llNaXS0CC
— bryson (@Bryson_M) March 23, 2018
After the Tesla page was brought down, someone even showed Musk a screenshot of the SpaceX page to which he replied by saying that the page looked lame anyway. The SpaceX page vanished afterward. The Facebook Page of Tesla owned Solar City has vanished as well.
Definitely. Looks lame anyway.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2018
What Does This Mean For Facebook?
yasssssssss pic.twitter.com/qMdTrkcQQm
— Ryan Mac (@RMac18) March 23, 2018
slayyyyyyyy pic.twitter.com/zWhZF8biBU
— Ryan Mac (@RMac18) March 23, 2018
Facebook has endured somewhat of a difficult week as it was embroiled in a controversy surrounding the apparent user data theft by Cambridge Analytica. Over 50 million user’s data were stolen and people have continued to show backlash to the entire issue. The Musk issue just adds more fuel to Facebook’s already raging fire.
Despite Mr. Musk pulling down the Facebook pages of the two super companies, the Instagram handles remain intact. Let’s see how long those last as well. What will happen next? We will have to wait and find it out! Let the billionaires battle it out. If you’d like read more about billionaires, check out their habits which make them successful and try following!
