Elon Musk conducts poll for 'edit' button on Twitter after becoming top shareholder of micro-blogging site

Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted a Twitter poll on Monday, asking users if they wanted an edit button on the app. Musk posted the poll right after he  announced a 9.2% stake in Twitter, worth about $3 billion, that made him the micro-blogging site's largest shareholder.

"Do you want an edit button?" Musk asked in the tweet. 

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To this, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted, "The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully. Please vote carefully," he said.

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For the unversed, Twitter Inc tweeted a message on its official account on Friday saying it was working on an edit button, drawing laughter and tears at the message about the long-sought feature on April Fools' Day.

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Asked if the tweet was a joke, Twitter said in a statement, "We cannot confirm or deny but we may edit our statement later." 

Some commentators welcomed it. Some saw it as funny. Still, others did not.

The verified account of Dictionary.com tweeted a link to the "Definition of unfunny" while replying to Twitter's original tweet.