We have conveyed to you that the popular social media platform Twitter has been involved in the NFT craze that has been spreading lately and has released a new feature for the iOS version. This feature, which will come to Android and web versions in the future, allowed Twitter Blue users who purchased NFT to make these digital assets (JPEG, PNG) their profile picture inside a hexagon.
Now, Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, known for his interest in cryptocurrencies, has made a statement about this feature of Twitter. Musk harshly criticized this feature in a post he shared on Twitter.
‘Twitter is wasting its resources on this bullshit’
SpaceX and Tesla CEO shared a visual about the NFT feature of the platform, using the statements “This situation is frustrating”. In addition, Musk stated that he does not support dealing with such things rather than the scammers on the platform, expressing that “crypto crooks organize a spambot ‘party’ on every topic, while Twitter is wasting their engineering resources on this bullshit.”
Many people also supported Musk. One of them was Adam Singer, the marketing manager of technology giant Google. Singer backed the famous billionaire’s comments in a post he shared on Twitter: “Elon is right about this. The Twitter team needs to prioritize and pay attention to what’s important about user experience. ”
Many people criticized Musk’s comments
However, some people criticized Musk, stating that the famous billionaire did the same with cryptocurrencies. On this subject, many people use expressions such as “Some people think the same thing about cryptocurrencies”, “Tesla is wasting its resources on crypto money crap”, “Musk, who criticizes Twitter’s NFT feature, does the same with his own company about Dogecoin” 50 criticized the businessman for his comments.
As we conveyed to you, Tesla announced last week that by-products can be purchased with Dogecoin. In addition, the company announced last year that it will be paid with Dogecoin; however, it suspended this decision due to environmental problems.