Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor quits Twitter, says Elon Musk’s takeover is a ‘disgrace’
Many rockers and metalheads seem unhappy with the state of things on Twitter since Elon Musk took over the platform, buying it for a whopping $44 billion.
Trent Reznor, of the band Nine inch nailsis one of the unhappy ones, since he spoke about the state of the platform (and even left it).
After a turbulent few weeks marked by numerous layoffs and resignations, as well as the return of controversial personalities to the site, it is clear that Musk has set out to radically reshape the status quo of the social media giant since he took over ownership. end of October.
Reznor, who has had a long presence on the platform through a personal account and an account for Nine Inch Nails, recently shared his thoughts on this and the site in general at The Hollywood Reporterdeclaring that the situation is “shameful” before adding: “I’m about to leave. We don’t need the arrogance of the billionaire class who feel they can solve everything. Even without his involvement, I just find it’s become a really toxic environment. For my sanity, I need to turn a deaf ear. I don’t feel well anymore [sur Twitter].”
Reznor, who had 1.6 million followers but refrained from personal chat, instead using it to promote his various projects, followed through on his plans to quit Twitter, having officially deactivated his personal account on the platform. yesterday, November 20.
However, his group’s Twitter account, Nine Inch Nails, is still active on the platform.
