
Elon Musk's transformation from real-life Tony Stark to bizarre Twitter ranter has been one of the strangest spectacles of 2018.
Not only has he been forced to resign as the chairman of Tesla because of a joke tweet he posted about taking the company private but his tweets are now costing other people a lot of money.
On Thursday, Musk tweeted about the Shortseller Enrichment Commission, a US regulator that reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with Musk over alleged security fraud.
Just want to that the Shortseller Enrichment Commission is doing incredible work. And the name change is so on point!— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1538684215
This tweet triggered a flurry of responses from actual Tesla investors who were basically telling Musk to 'shut up' and stop tweeting because they were losing a lot of money.
In response, other Twitter users began to question their financial strategies.
@TrendTrader007 @elonmusk Think you should blame yourself more for putting all your life savings into a company tha… https://t.co/fTGxvX8YMF— Aakash Pathak (@Aakash Pathak) 1538705620
These pleas haven't stopped Musk from tweeting, nor has he chosen to reply to many of those individuals.
However, he did respond to one person who accused him of "working against us" to which he responded with something that resembled positivity.
@iavor Hang in there. If you are truly long-term, it will be fine.— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1538688329
HT Daily Dot