--- title: "Jack Dorsey Sounds Alarmed by Elon Musk’s Erratic Behavior at Twitter" description: "Former Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey isn't impressed with how current CEO Elon Musk is running the social media platform." date: "2023-05-01" modified: "2023-05-01" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/jack-dorsey-alarmed-elon-musk-erratic-behavior-twitter" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "bluesky" - "elon musk" - "jack dorsey" - "the digest" - "twitter" --- # Jack Dorsey Sounds Alarmed by Elon Musk’s Erratic Behavior at Twitter ![Former Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey isn't impressed with how current CEO Elon Musk is running the social media platform.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Bad Timing Former Twitter CEO and cofounder Jack Dorsey isn't impressed with how current CEO Elon Musk is running the social media platform — a significant about-face that signals the deterioration of a once-strong relationship. In comments made on his new decentralized Twitter clone, [Bluesky](), Dorsey [said that]() Musk "should have walked away" from buying Twitter last year. He also noted that he no longer believes Musk is the right leader for Twitter, "nor do I think he acted right after realizing his timing was bad," Dorsey wrote. "Nor do I think the board should have forced the sale." "It all went south," he added. ## All Downhill It's a notable change in tune for the former Twitter CEO, who celebrated Musk as "the singular solution I trust" in an [April 2022 tweet](), around the time Musk announced his intent to buy the company. The acquisition itself was a rocky affair, with an increasingly desperate Musk looking for ways to [back out of the deal](). And ever since it went through, Musk has made drastic changes to Twitter, [firing the majority]() of the company's staff and [scaring off advertisers]() with his [antics]() and [erratic decision-making](). According to Dorsey, Musk "should have walked away and paid the $1 billion," referring to the "breakup fee" to back out of the deal. But as [*CNBC* reports](), it's still not clear if the billionaire CEO even had that option available to him. Clearly, while championing the deal as the right way forward for Twitter at the time, Dorsey has had plenty of time to think about the sale, especially now that the company's operations [are in chaos]() following Musk's takeover. In his comments on Bluesky, Dorsey, who [stepped down]() as CEO back in 2021, attempted to distance himself from the deal gone sour. "Was I optimistic? Yes," Dorsey wrote. "Did I have the final say? No." **More on Bluesky:** *[People Are Flocking to Jack Dorsey's New Twitter Alternative]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()