Elon Musk reportedly fired a Twitter engineer for refusing to pump up his popularity

Twitter Engineer Says He Was Fired By Elon Musk For Refusing To pump up his Popularity

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After saying no to increase view count by engineer, Elon musk fired him

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According to a Twitter engineer, he was the employee fired by CEO Elon Musk for refusing to "artificially inflate his view counts."

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Engineer name Jordan and he refuse musk's request

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Statistics says that, Twitter has lost advertisers, users and ad revenue since Musk took the company private.

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Advertisers backed away from Twitter after Musk

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Elon musk comes in controversy because he allowed banned and tweeted problematic or racist comments.

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Musk pushed for answers on February 7th, asking the engineering team why his engagement numbers had dropped.

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Jordan from engineering team refuse to increase view count

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As Per him this is the prior reason of fired and end of his 6.5 years journey in twitter

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