Criticism and support has been directed at Musk via the Dear Elon trend on Twitter after the SpaceX founder said he would reverse the former president s ban.
Elon Musk would need to purchase an additional 40.8% stake in Twitter to become the majority shareholder. This would cost him about $15.3 billion, which some allege he be considering.
Twitter executives have prevented billionaire Elon Musk from launching a hostile takeover by inviting him to serve on the board of directors, saying he cannot own more than 14.9 percent of the site.
Twitter denied Tuesday that it was pushed to begin work on an edit button by Elon Musk, who posted a poll to his page just 24 hours earlier asking if users wanted the feature.