The folks on Twitter that rely on or improve their livelihood through Twitter (influencers, VCs, public figures, power users, etc), aren't going to shy away from $8/month. They're also the folks that produce the most content, and are most engaged. The blue checkmark and 'additional features' will appeal to folks who find these verifications and features useful. If you don't fall into this cohort, you use Twitter for free. It's not a bad business model, and self selects between casual consumers and content producers.
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Will not surprise me one bit if they insert ads in the API stream. Right now at least 1/3 of Twitter users use a 3rd party app and by doing that and not having ads in the API stream, they're losing big revenue. You can nearly bet Musk will change that and they'll add them to the API stream.
$8 a month for something I don’t care for and I still get ads. How about ditching the feature and give me ad-free for $1 a month.
I’m only using Twitter to keep up on events in Ukraine. Some day the war will be over and I can go back to no Twitter.
It’s like a very rude, hyperactive Usenet.
Tom
I’m only using Twitter to keep up on events in Ukraine. Some day the war will be over and I can go back to no Twitter.
It’s like a very rude, hyperactive Usenet.
Tom
Because that would be a terrible business model and would make no sense for Twitter. The ad revenue would easily beat $1 a month.
There are third party twitter apps like Tweetbot which don’t show ads. Their annual subscription model works out to less than $1 a month.
Deactivated my Twitter account the day Musk took over. Twitter was already a cesspool and Musk's ownership is only going to make it worse.
Mark
Mark
I respect the fact you actually left and didn't just say you'd leave like a lot of other people. And you're right, it was a disaster before he took over. IMO only one direction to go now, up.
ProfessionalFan
Judging by who he kept so far on the team, I don't think it will get worse or better.
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SMH! this is just sad.
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Twitter staff have been told to work 84-hour weeks and managers slept at the office over the weekend as they scramble to meet Elon Musk's tight deadlines, reports say
Staff are working long hours to try prove themselves as they face the looming threat of layoffs under new owner Elon Musk.
$8 a month for half as many adds? Paying that much should remove adds all together.
As he should. He should be paid not the other way around.
Didn’t Netflix just do that and Spotify announced one too I think. Disney also raised theirs. It wasn’t the start with apple, it followed a trend.
He would lose face if he said it’s the money and be labeled stingy so he would never admit it. As mentioned in several previous comments, rich people can be very stingy with their money. It’s also possible he despises Elon Musk so who knows?
Don't feel sorry for these people, they've been sitting on their hands leading up to this point. There was so much bloat within the company, now they're scrambling to prove their worth because someone is actually looking to make it a profitable company.SMH! this is just sad.
Twitter staff have been told to work 84-hour weeks and managers slept at the office over the weekend as they scramble to meet Elon Musk's tight deadlines, reports say
Staff are working long hours to try prove themselves as they face the looming threat of layoffs under new owner Elon Musk.
Twitter died yesterday when the Chief Tw•t retweeted a known troll site about Pelosi’s husband’s attack. Took him a couple of hours to delete it. Not to mention the Binance funding.
I think Elon is a few steps ahead of you.
You might forget to verify the accounts, but to think he won’t do it doesn’t say much about your reasoning.