Never made the claim that he knows everything but that he deserves the benefit of the doubt.
Billionaires should never be given the benefit of the doubt.
Never made the claim that he knows everything but that he deserves the benefit of the doubt.
Feel like that sums him up.Is it just me or Elon Musk has been seeking attention desperately?
I don't think he knows exactly what he is doing or what he wants. He seems so lost.
In the words of one famous tweet: "haha how is cyber bullying real? haha close your eyes. haha turn off the screen"Oh. You're one of THOSE.
Back in the actual world, verification helps prevent real abuses and real problems.
Oh, you're one of THOSE. The ones that think you need a degree to be able to admit that the sky is blue. 😂Oh. Thanks for holding forth on things you admit you know nothing about!
Now he's doing exactly what a troll would do if you gave them the keys to a forum they've been suspended from. Look forward to seeing his sarcastic face go broke and get some humbling.
Twitter is not the real world, it's the world through the same type of glass used in funny mirrors.
Partially, yeah https://www.engadget.com/ukraine-st...FShAXCKuFfper449k0wM-mB0J3Rkily-Wyy9cIoLoD_y5And last I heard, Starlink still cut off Ukraine.
The editors at McGraw-Hill are frantically updating their business textbooks every hour.
Twitter will not be moving forward with an "Official" label that would be used to identify companies, major media outlets, public figures, and others who are in danger of being impersonated on the social network, Twitter CEO Elon Musk said today.
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Just hours after Twitter began rolling out the "Official" checkmark that was provided to some accounts alongside the standard white and blue verification badge, Musk said that he has "killed" the feature.
"Blue check will be the great leveler," Musk added in another tweet. The white checkmark on a blue background was traditionally provided to higher-profile accounts that went through a verification process, but with Musk's takeover of Twitter, the badge will be provided to all Twitter Blue subscribers who pay $7.99 per month for a Twitter Blue subscription.
When the checkmark becomes available to any Twitter subscriber who pays, there will no longer be any kind of identity verification system on Twitter, which some users have expressed concerns about.
Twitter product executive Esther Crawford explained the two-badge system just yesterday, explaining that Twitter would add an "Official" label to select accounts. Government accounts, commercial companies, business partners, major media outlets, publishers, and some public figures were going to be provided with the now-defunct "Official" label.
It is not clear if Twitter will implement some other method for differentiating between account types and providing identity verification, but it sounds like Musk will not allow such a feature. Musk has said that any Twitter handles "engaging in impersonation" without a clear parody label would be "permanently suspended," a move he enacted after verified users began changing their names to Elon Musk.
Update: Crawford now claims that the official label is still going out as part of the launch of Twitter Blue, but Twitter is focusing on "government and commercial entities to begin with. She says that what Musk meant is that Twitter is not focusing on giving the "Official" label to individuals. As of right now, though, the official labels that were provided to some accounts earlier today have been removed and have not been reinstated as of yet. There is no word on when the labels will return, nor if this is indeed what Musk meant.
Article Link: Elon Musk Nixes 'Official' Label for Already Verified Twitter Accounts, Says Blue Check Will Be 'the Great Leveler' [Updated]
You don't need to be an army; just a few 100 would easily be able to create chaos. And if you have several groups doing it, several 100 can quickly turn in to several 1000s.That’s true… but at least paying $8 for the blue checkmark is an option now… before it was some designator of who is “importsnt
well actually it would indicate that you are a real user. Because it wouldn’t be economically feasible to pay $8 for each of some huge bot army.
I would pay $8 for more cowbell!Twitter needs more Cowbell and more different forms of verification that last 12 hours, only to be changed by him to some other form that makes even less sense.
Who forced them to create an account on Twitter and share enough personal information that they are now being stalked? "Woe is me, I doxed myself online through my own ineptitude, please pity me!"Cute. I'll be sure to tell people I know who've been stalked and threatened and swatted that it 'wasn't real', and see how that works out for them.
The online world is the world. People who like to pretend it is somehow a 'pretend' or 'fake' space usually have a vested interest in doing so.
It's amazing that it's 2022 and there are real people typing on websites who still don't care or understand that the world is real and people get hurt, abused, threatened, and sometimes killed.
If you don't join in on the echo chamber, you're "unctuous" and an "Elon stan". Isn't it wonderful how some people only want one train of thought from every living person?
Not parody. And I don’t see how essentially name calling (“unctuous”) promotes a normal conversation… 🙄
You can read the rest hereTwitter restores 'official' label; $8 blue check mark option vanishes
Nov 11 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's Twitter Inc on Friday brought back the "official" badge to some accounts, just days after doing away with it, while several users reported the new subscription option for the blue verification check mark had disappeared.
The move follows a surge in fake accounts on the platform after new boss Elon Musk allowed users to pay $8 for the coveted blue check mark that was previously reserved for verified accounts of politicians, actors and other major personalities.
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Another hater of Musk.I never thought I’d see anyone or anything more indecisive and back and forth as my ex, but Twitter said hold my beer. This is wild.
So apparently twitter's Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Privacy Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer all resigned yesterday. Feels like the chaos is accelerating over there.