“I’ve Been Attacked a Lot Over Past 2 Days”- After Elon Musk Drama, MIT Scientist and YouTube Podcaster Lex Fridman Opens Up About the Recent ‘Attacks’ From Fans

In the YouTube podcast scene, one of the most well-known names is Lex Fridman. His calm and collected nature in his podcasts and direct questions have given his content quite a reputation in the community. He has featured big names such as Kan ‘Ye’ West, Ben Shapiro, Todd Howards, Elon Musk and more. 

Lex is a Russian-American computer scientist, podcaster, and artificial intelligence researcher. He is also the Research Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He had built a massive following with his podcasts. But recently the fans turned against him, giving him a very tough time.  

The Fan Attacks MIT Scientist Lex Fridman for Elon Musk Ties

Recently, the podcaster made some headlines as he was seen giving an unexpected pitch amid the recent Elon Musk and Twitter drama. Elon had hosted a poll saying, “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.” The Poll had two options, ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.

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The results of the pole were majorly against Elon. Looking at the end results, Elon Tweeted, “I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software & servers teams.”. By the time of writing this article, there haven’t been any updates on this statement. But so far, many have applied for the position. Including Lex Fridman.

Lex who had featured Elon in one of his podcasts and considered him his friend, replied with a pitch. He said, “Let me run Twitter for a bit. No salary. All in. Focus on great engineering and increasing the amount of love in the world. Just offering my help in the unlikely case it’s useful.”

Many believe this comment wasn’t very warmly received by Lex’s followers. He has been witnessing some attacks that he isn’t appreciating at all. To give an idea about these attacks, he said, “For example, my Wikipedia page was edited to mostly remove my time at MIT.”. But still, Lex stated, even though the “attacks aren’t fun” he will continue to “remain optimistic”.

What did his fans say? 

Fans didn’t shy away from putting him in the corner and blaming him for all kinds of accusations, including his reaction and interest in becoming the head of Twitter. 

But many fans and followers came forward to defend the MIT scientist and Podcaster.

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