$8 Twitter Blue Subscription With Included Checkmark Now Available

[attila]

So many fake celebrity and politician accounts have sprouted since this change. It's great 😆

 

[No5tromo]

$7.99 is a steal, I'm stocking up!

 

[Abazigal]

It’s iOS only for now, so Elon probably helped sell a few extra iPhones with that move.

 

[siri_3005]

It’s my news feed, because I follow a number of tech blogs (macrumours, Ars, theverge, Macstories), personalities (John Gruber, Marco Arment), and a couple of politicians here and there. It’s also fun following all the reactions during Apple keynotes.

I browse it with Tweetbot, which strips out ads, presents the posts in a clean, chronological order and supports safari view controller. Since I don’t really interact with anyone online, it’s actually quite a pleasant reading experience overall.

Kinda same here except it's more of game development and YouTubers that I like watching. I used to follow political accounts but at this point it's a headache imo.

 

[4743913]

I do not believe that anyone who says they are cancelling twitter is actually cancelling twitter.

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macrumors blue checkmark beta tester

 

[paulvee]

The original point of it was to make elitists feel more elite. That's gone now.

Musk apologists are so sad

 

[ProfessionalFan]

So many fake celebrity and politician accounts have sprouted since this change. It's great 😆

And they’ll get banned per the TOS there. If they elected to pay 8 bucks for a checkmark they will be donating that to Elon as well when they are banned.

 

[fatTribble]

Considering almost all of them were working remotely, how else could they be fired? Can't fire someone in person who isn't actually there.

I would have had each manager set up a meeting with each person and talk to them. A phone or video call would have been more respectful.

 

[RalfTheDog]

I do not believe that anyone who says they are cancelling twitter is actually cancelling twitter.

4743913√
macrumors blue checkmark beta tester

I did on the day it was announced. I am going out of my way not to spend money on companies that advertise on Twitter. I don't see the point of the platform anymore. Just let it die.

 

[RalfTheDog]

What a complete scam and joke to bilk users out of their money. This clown, the world's richest person, is trying to pull a fast one, so who are we kidding now? Really!

Was. After this, I don't think he is anymore.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Was. After this, I don't think he is anymore.

He still is. When he bought Twitter for $44 billion, it wasn't a total loss of $44 billion to his net worth. Twitter itself has value (somehow) so he still has that factored into his net worth which is roughly $40 billion ahead of second place.

 

[TMRJIJ]

But hes not doing either of those things and you d4mn well know it.

Elon Musk Shares Conspiracy Theory About Paul Pelosi Attack In Now-Deleted Tweet

The billionaire and new owner of Twitter shared an article making wild and unsubstantiated claims about the attack.

www.forbes.com

 

[4743913]

I am going out of my way not to spend money on companies that advertise on Twitter.

sounds like a lot of work.

 

[4743913]

Elon Musk Shares Conspiracy Theory About Paul Pelosi Attack In Now-Deleted Tweet

The billionaire and new owner of Twitter shared an article making wild and unsubstantiated claims about the attack.

www.forbes.com

those theories were started by corporate journalists and persist due to lack of transparency by sfpd

 

[4743913]

Musk apologists are so sad

so are the people crying over the potential loss of an echo chamber

 

[themuseboy]

I wonder how many employees who are still there wish they had been let go in the first wave?

 

[dysamoria]

"all blue subscribers get a verified account and a blue checkmark" - except twitter have already said Twitter blue does not include verification:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1590109530452815872

What a mess of a launch.

And he just killed the official label.

 

[dysamoria]

This Twitter Deal in a Nutshell.

View attachment 2110720

And rehires laid-off employees, and kills the “official” label that tried to address the stupidity of the pay-for-checkmark change…

 

[Kevrani]

The guy is making it up as he goes along. He clearly doesn't understand what the value of a verified account was to the average user: knowing that that person/organisation is who they say they were. Now, it's just a free for all. Just look at accounts purporting to be George W Bush and Nintendo have been tweeting. Sure Twitter is blocking them, but the damage is done.

As for alternatives to Twitter, there is a substantial number of people moving to Mastodon.

 

[dysamoria]

Lol they are just doing what most streaming services are doing too.

End-stage capitalism everywhere…

 

[dysamoria]

I hope Musk isn’t done yet … this is comedy gold.

I could do with more competence and a lot less comedy in my country’s corporations…

 

[Premium1]

I could do with more competence and a lot less comedy in my country’s corporations…

It's social media, calm down.

 

[Rogifan]

The guy is making it up as he goes along. He clearly doesn't understand what the value of a verified account was to the average user: knowing that that person/organisation is who they say they were. Now, it's just a free for all. Just look at accounts purporting to be George W Bush and Nintendo have been tweeting. Sure Twitter is blocking them, but the damage is done.

As for alternatives to Twitter, there is a substantial number of people moving to Mastodon.

Define substantial.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Only now it's not available for new accounts, so it was on, then off, then on, then off, then on, and now off for new accounts. Which way is the wind blowing? Good grief...

 

[siri_3005]

Only now it's not available for new accounts, so it was on, then off, then on, then off, then on, and now off for new accounts. Which way is the wind blowing? Good grief...

He probably confused the verification enabler with his wi-fi router, which would explain why so many decisions are just on or off.