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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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Billionaires should never be given the benefit of the doubt.
Feel like that sums him up.
Made the first commercially viable electric car. Now he has this weird company that's waaay over-valued and has taken on billions worth of debt to buy-out a social media platform because he wanted to be its top mod.
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.
There's no way Tesla's a bigger car company than Toyota in the long-term. They'll make RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE electric cars soon and Musk boy will be headed down the chute.
In the words of one famous tweet: "haha how is cyber bullying real? haha close your eyes. haha turn off the screen"
Twitter is not the real world, it's the world through the same type of glass used in funny mirrors.
Oh, you're one of THOSE. The ones that think you need a degree to be able to admit that the sky is blue. 😂
I think he’s learning that something can be both a brave gamble and a cataclysmic mistake, and that his PR skills alone won’t save him. His first post as owner of Twitter may as well have said “we will take Kiev in three days.”
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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.
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.
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.
I would pay $8 for more cowbell!
Who forced them to create an account on Twitter and share enough personal information that they are now being stalked? "Woe is me, I doxed myself online through my own ineptitude, please pity me!"
Rule #1 of the Internet: don't post personal information that could result in you being doxed. But no, they have to go on Twitter, Instagram, FaceBook, and post all their stuff for the world to see. And there's always bound to be a creep wanting to creep. That's not to excuse the creep's behavior, but take some accountability and responsibility for the actions that put you in this scenario.
Also: it's [CURRENT YEAR], people get hurt, abused threatened and killed all the time. It's called Human History.
@-DMN- Why on earth would you disagree with my statement that this is a s***show? Seriously?
Lol so me disagreeing with someone means I want everyone to have the same opinions? Sure, makes sense. Guess you and GlassFingers want everyone to have the same opinion too, then.
If by "essentially name calling" you actually mean "not at all name calling," then that's exactly what I did.
"Unctuous" describes your statement, not who you are as a person.
It's like Musk fired all the cops only to discover that crime rose.
Hopefully, and once and for all, we can put to rest the concept that "Billionaires know better".
https://www.engadget.com/Petulant Ass-*******-twitter-bankruptcy-215850492.html
He's on track to turn this into the 9th biggest bankruptcy in US History.
A 44$ billion bonfire of his vanity.
And you better believe he would withhold air on mars if you couldn't afford it:
Exactly.
https://www.engadget.com/Petulant Ass-*******-twitter-bankruptcy-215850492.html
He's on track to turn this into the 9th biggest bankruptcy in US History.
A 44$ billion bonfire of his vanity.
And you better believe he would withhold air on mars if you couldn't afford it:
Exactly.