Twitter Could Start Charging for Verification Next Week, Edit Button Reportedly Coming to All Users

[Abazigal]

Trying to pivot Twitter to a paid subscription model is likely the right move in the long run. It doesn't excuse the horrible things that are going on in Twitter right now (such as the massive impending layoffs), but Twitter has never been profitable as a ad-run company, so it doesn't make sense to continue down that same path simply because "that's how it has always been done".

In fact, I question the long-term viability of any company relying on advertising revenue, including Spotify and Roku (which I understand are media darlings here at Macrumours).

And in case anyone tries to rebut, no, I don't think Apple entering the ad business is the same thing, for the simple reason that Apple doesn't need to depend on advertising to monetise users, so Apple is able to not abuse user privacy and data. This gives Apple more freedom compared to other ad-supported networks.

 

[vikingjunior]

Twitter should make it more like a free-speech Reddit and have specific groups for specific interests. Right now it's just a political war zone. Also if I pay $8 I want ALL ads gone, not just some.

 

[cbaca51]

Elon is such a clown lmao. How anyone respects this clown, I have no clue why.

 

[djstile]

LOL that is a big change!!! The largest shareholder now pulls MUCH MORE WEIGHT.

Not at all, it's privately held. There's no board, no SEC filings, no public disclosures of anything. Musk objectively holds all the power. The other shareholders just exist to potentially get paid if the company gets sold again or goes public again.

 

[stevet]

Characterizing people logging off toxic social media as a tantrum. Yeah, that's like totally a super interesting opinion, but not doing it for me fam.

Waiting until Elon Musk took over Twitter to log off ‘toxic social media’ and make a spectacle about it is a tantrum. A childish one at that.

 

[Enlightened Doggo]

Waiting until Elon Musk took over Twitter to log off ‘toxic social media’ and make a spectacle about it is a tantrum. A childish one at that.

Twitter had a massive uptick in straight up Nazism, racism, and other material that normal people don't want to interact with following Musk's takeover and reinstatement of certain banned accounts. Leaving doesn't make someone childish–it just means they're normal.

 

[Fat_Guy]

Only reason this is fun is because Twitter's been a crap hole for years anyway. The code base is pretty much garbage, and the concept is dated. Kinda like buying a 1989 Lincoln Town car for a premium price because your buddy's mom was driving one.

Musk is going to lose his well fed rump on this. Not quite as quickly as the ZuckerLizard is over at Facebook, but pretty quick.

The REAL fun starts when FB isn't getting enough money from adds anymore to prop up crappy VR headsets that no one wants, and the digital desert that is the metaverse. Then starts charging some sort of fees.

That's gonna be a hoot. I'll give Musk credit. At least his antics produce something. Cars, spaceships, crap like that.

Zuckerberg is just a wart on the soul of humanity.

Don’t hold back - tell us how you really feel! Hehehe… 😁


I hear ya, but also realize that all this opens the door for new and improved things. You just never know…

 

[HDFan]

After the Oman hate speech and the other thing cancelled my Twitter account.