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Elon Musk Nixes 'Official' Label for Already Verified Twitter Accounts, Says Blue Check Will Be 'the Great Leveler' [Updated]
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The old throw everything at the wall and see what sticks strategy
Because if everyone has a blue checkmark the blue checkmark means nothing.
You don’t get to be the richest man in the world without knowing what you’re doing.
I agree with what he’s trying to do with the blue tick. There are far too many entitled people of Twitter that think they’re better than everyone else because they’ve been considered godlike enough to receive a blue tick. Making it a paid feature available to anyone puts it on a fair and level playing field.
The official label just makes a joke of the whole thing though. I don’t agree with that.
I agree with what he’s trying to do with the blue tick. There are far too many entitled people of Twitter that think they’re better than everyone else because they’ve been considered godlike enough to receive a blue tick. Making it a paid feature available to anyone puts it on a fair and level playing field.
The official label just makes a joke of the whole thing though. I don’t agree with that.
There are few, if any, complaints here. I’m not sure what you’re reading. Remarking that a **** show is a **** show is not a complaint.
As to the “Swift action” comments, constantly changing sands and instability are not things corporations like to dump their advertising money into. The subscriptions will not make up for their loss. This is why Elon needs an actual strategy.
Yet... Can't look away, lol. 🍿🍿🍿
Musk could’ve paid the $1B termination fee and walked away but instead went ahead & paid $44B for a company that apparently he didn’t want. That would've saved him $43B.
But his Ego wouldn’t let him.
Now he has no clue what he’s doing to keep Twitter open for ‘free speech’.
He’s learning the hard way that running an auto company is much different than running a social media company.
But his Ego wouldn’t let him.
Now he has no clue what he’s doing to keep Twitter open for ‘free speech’.
He’s learning the hard way that running an auto company is much different than running a social media company.
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I don't love or hate him. I think he is very smart. He is very good when it comes to investing money but lately, it has been chaos with Twitter. Maybe he's just doing it for marketing purposes and to stay relevant and that is what is generating the revenue. Meanwhile, Facebook is becoming irrelevant day after day.
Meta layoffs 2022: Facebook parent company laying off 11,000 employees, 13% of workforce
Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday.
I love the update. 🤣 “Crawford now claims she has no idea what is happening.”
I think it’s time for Twitter to just go away… and it seems that Elon agrees with me
What a mess.
It’s pathetic.
Seemingly Musk bought Twitter to toy with & smash up. He’ll likely lose interest in it eventually, leaving it broken.
Despite its flaws, some wonderful communities had developed on Twitter, and there were many interesting discussions if you were willing to put in some effort to dig beneath the veneer of attention-seeking bickerers.
It’s pathetic.
Seemingly Musk bought Twitter to toy with & smash up. He’ll likely lose interest in it eventually, leaving it broken.
Despite its flaws, some wonderful communities had developed on Twitter, and there were many interesting discussions if you were willing to put in some effort to dig beneath the veneer of attention-seeking bickerers.
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I wouldn't be surprised tomorrow if Elon Musk tweets:
"Only Tweets coming from the moon will be accounted as verified tweets".
"Only Tweets coming from the moon will be accounted as verified tweets".
He's a dog chasing a car. Now that he caught it, he doesn't know what to do with it.
www.cnbc.com
Elon Musk took over a struggling business with Twitter and has quickly made it worse
Elon Musk took over a struggling business with Twitter and has quickly made it worse
Elon Musk has a lot of work to do to regain the trust of advertisers, but he seems more inclined to push them further away.
Clown show.
No other way to put this train wreck.
Oh wait, a train wreck is good too.
No other way to put this train wreck.
Oh wait, a train wreck is good too.
They’re now considering putting all of Twitter behind a paywall. They just filed to become a payment processor just now.
Elon is one of the most mediocre people in my lifetime.
Elon is one of the most mediocre people in my lifetime.
She and the rest of the verification team should be fired.
Some of us can't afford to be equal. Then again, some people are more equal than others.
Musk famously said that there would be no new covid cases after April of 2020. He wanted to create a submarine for a cave that could barely fit humans. He constantly shows he knows nothing, hes just a man with extreme capital and the most overvalued stock in Tesla. And we're seeing it once again for him overpaying for a non-profitable site and making things worse in the most predictable ways.
The mythology around Elon needs to die and I'm hopeful we are watching it one tweet at a time.
And the whole blue tick thing is just nonsense. There's actual utility to it and they were oblivious to it until everyone started making fun of Elon.
He’s really not😂I don't love or hate him. I think he is very smart. He is very good when it comes to investing money but lately, it has been chaos with Twitter. Maybe he's just doing it for marketing purposes and to stay relevant and that is what is generating the revenue. Meanwhile, Facebook is becoming irrelevant day after day.
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Meta layoffs 2022: Facebook parent company laying off 11,000 employees, 13% of workforce
Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday.abc7.com
This ******** is comedy gold. This is better than cable television and it’s really cracking me up! Go Elon! Lol : )
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Yeah, you know, we should go back with situations that made it possible for people to get the privilege of paying up to $15,000 for that checkmark.