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$8 Twitter Blue Subscription With Included Checkmark Now Available
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I am stop participating actively on Twitter over 4 years now. Just lost interest.
It will do well. People buy these things as it makes them feel different, and stand out. Just the same as many Apple users buy their devices for the same reason. Already I am seeing a massive amount of blue subscribers as I look through the timeline.
Authentication for sale.
That sure helps in rooting out bots and fake accounts.
That sure helps in rooting out bots and fake accounts.
Remember why he did this in the first place. He wanted to remove bots. Seems innocent enough. But why does he want to remove bots? So advertisers don’t get inflated numbers. This guy doesn’t think about the end user, his priorities are with corporations.
But in the process of trying to make a better product for corporate interests, he inherently made the product bad for individual end users, which ultimately drove away the advertisers instead.
But in the process of trying to make a better product for corporate interests, he inherently made the product bad for individual end users, which ultimately drove away the advertisers instead.
Oh dang too bad I already deleted my Twitter account the other day.
If you buy this checkmark and I know you, you are automatically the lamest person I know.
If you buy this checkmark and I know you, you are automatically the lamest person I know.
But what if I get one of those faulty and malfunctioning blue marks? Don’t I get a refund then?
It's an interesting strategy to spend billions to make millions. His interest debt alone is over one billion dollars a year. This is a drop in the bucket. Expect many more money-making schemes to follow.
Back in my day you had to work hard to get a blue check mark.
Now anyone will be able to get and abuse this holy power for just $8.
Now anyone will be able to get and abuse this holy power for just $8.
Not really. Musk has already started banning people who have been making mock posts. Free speech, according to Musk.
"Free speech" isn't a factor on a private company. Just the TOS matters and impersonating people without stating it is a parody has always been against Twitter's TOS. He isn't banning for mocking, he is banning for impersonation.
Twitter under Musk:
Free speech! Only $8/month!
Hate speech, A-OK! (Eat it, advertisers! Hey wait, where are you going?!)
Bye-bye, half my employees, er, former employees, a couple weeks before the holidays. Who needs a "moderation team?"
The great leveler! Now ANYBODY can impersonate ANYONE else! (Unless a comedian impersonates me, in which case they will be banned).
Won't anybody just love me already? I carried a goddamn sink in here to make a funny and everything!
Maybe when my kid awdh87ew3ry4w7 grows up, they will love me.
Free speech! Only $8/month!
Hate speech, A-OK! (Eat it, advertisers! Hey wait, where are you going?!)
Bye-bye, half my employees, er, former employees, a couple weeks before the holidays. Who needs a "moderation team?"
The great leveler! Now ANYBODY can impersonate ANYONE else! (Unless a comedian impersonates me, in which case they will be banned).
Won't anybody just love me already? I carried a goddamn sink in here to make a funny and everything!
Maybe when my kid awdh87ew3ry4w7 grows up, they will love me.
You can still post for free, not that the "free" in "free speech" ever had anything to do with money. And not that free speech applies to a private company anyway.
Nothing unusual about that,..its a subscription. Just like if you cancel your Netflix, your paid up until the end of your month 🤷♂️
no.
LOL was for two things.
You paying $8 to "support" the richest man on earth.
The silliness of Twitter using the same "verified" checkmark to mean two completely different things.
edit: I didn't check your account because I didn't believe you, I checked it because I hadn't seen that popup when you mouse over the checkmark
Every time you buy something in a store (besides local mom and pop stores), you're supporting a very rich person.
I’m so over every app having a subscription now!
Twitter today rolled out its updated Twitter Blue subscription offering, which is priced at $7.99 per month. The new subscription is $3 more expensive than the prior $4.99 per month price, and it was introduced at the insistence of Twitter CEO Elon Musk.
Musk initially floated a $20 price point for Twitter Blue before settling on $8. The new subscription does away with ad-free articles for Twitter Blue subscribers, but it adds the same blue and white badge that Twitter previously limited to verified accounts.
Musk has pledged to make the badge available to all Twitter users, this morning calling it "the great leveler." He has expressed distaste at the verification badge being provided only to accounts of public figures, businesses, celebrities, journalists, and other high-profile users who are in danger of being impersonated on the social network.
It continues to be unclear if Twitter will implement a method of identity verification now that the blue badge is no longer a verification symbol. Earlier today, Twitter rolled out "Official" labels some accounts that had previously been verified, but Musk said he "killed" the feature and now its status is unknown. As of now, accounts that had verification prior to the new Twitter Blue rolling out retain their verification badges, but Musk has said these will be removed for those who do not pay.
Twitter Blue will also include "half the ads," the ability to post longer videos, and access to new Twitter Blue features. At the $7.99 price point and with 50% fewer ads, some have speculated that Twitter Blue could end up costing Twitter money, especially for those who subscribe to Twitter Blue through the iOS app as Twitter will need to give Apple a cut of the subscription price.
Musk today also held a meeting with Twitter advertisers, where he spoke on his moderation plans and future features. Twitter plans to build a content moderation council to make policy decisions, and he said that Twitter should honor freedom of speech, but viewpoints "don't need to be amplified."
Musk floated the idea that users would be able to send money to others on the platform in the future, and perhaps link their Twitter accounts to bank accounts. Twitter is also working on infrastructure for longer form video, with content payment options for creators. According to Musk, Twitter will be changing rapidly in the coming months, and some mistakes might be made. Features that do not work out will be rolled back. "If we do not try bold moves how will we make great improvements?" Musk said.
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