Elon Musk still thinks he's 'reasonably popular' on Twitter

There's no such thing as bad publicity, right?

That, it appears, is how Elon Musk views his Twitter shenanigans in relation to his other company, Tesla.

During an earnings call Wednesday, an investor asked Musk how he planned to mitigate brand damage to Tesla, inflicted (according to some polls) by Musk's recent political influencing and controversial tweets.

Musk gave an interesting answer. "Let me check my Twitter account," he said. "I've got 127 million followers. It continues to grow quite rapidly. That suggests that I'm, you know, reasonably popular. I might not be popular with some people, but for the vast majority of people, my follower count speaks for itself. I'm the most interacted social media account, maybe in the world, but certainly on Twitter."

Musk is right about the follower count on his Twitter account increasing fast. But he doesn't seem to be aware – or he intentionally brushes aside – the fact that his recent actions on Twitter, including re-instating extreme on the platform, amplifying , banning journalists from , and abruptly on Twitter to the detriment of third-party developers (to name a few), are hurting Tesla's brand.