Elon Musk triumphantly returned to Twitter overnight, after announcing early Tuesday that he would be leaving the social media platform for “a while. “
How Long Did Musk Last? Just over 46 hours. It must have been torture, as any fellow social media addict who has ever tried to leave the service can attest. We all need our solution, it seems, even if we are second richest person in the world and presumably have much better things to do.
“This was a tough one,” Musk tweeted at 2:09 p.m. ET, he retweeted his SpaceX company and video of the Falcon 9’s successful landing on Thursday.
Musk’s next tweet, about 20 minutes later, was just one photo of the SpaceX rocket with the moon in the background.
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Six minutes later, Musk became confused again with a short tweet about fake money, simply tweeting “Doge,” a reference to the cryptocurrency joke Dogecoin.
Dogecoin enthusiasts have been begging Musk on Twitter for the past week to name the cryptocurrency, and with good reason. Another currency, Bitcoin, soared when Musk changed his Twitter bio to simply “#bitcoin” last week. Dogecoin did something similar after Musk’s tweet, jumping 81% from the day before.
Musk knew he was doing Dogecoin investors a favor and tweeted a meme image of himself as Rafiki from Disney’s animated movie The lionking and the doge mascot as Simba. His message: “welcome.”
What’s next for Musk’s Twitter account and how will it change the markets in the days and weeks ahead? We will have to wait and see. But anyone who had “early Thursday” in the office pool for when Musk would return to Twitter could be declared the winner.
Honestly, we’re surprised he lasted so long.