To be fair that’s just an example of a previously verified account getting hacked and then used for spam rather than them verifying a fake account.
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I guess Musk will use this to selectively give people he likes an official Twitter account and those he doesn’t like the “anyone who pays $8” verification mark. 
If his idea (giving him the benefit of the doubt here) is to disrupt everything, then I have a feeling he's going to put the new "official" mark on celebrities, sports stars, big companies, big politicians and "official" government accounts, such as cabinet departments, city police and fire, etc. But he's going to let checkmarks disappear on a lot of others who were previously verified (individual journalists, local politicians, business owners, etc.).
This allows him to put "official" on accounts he wants to keep on Twitter (stars are good for traffic) while diminishing the reach of stuff he doesn't like, such as journalists who call out disinformation on the platform.
This allows him to put "official" on accounts he wants to keep on Twitter (stars are good for traffic) while diminishing the reach of stuff he doesn't like, such as journalists who call out disinformation on the platform.
Thank you. I forwarded that article to more than a few friends. LOL
Yep, he chose the worst possible way to implement a paid tier, because the first thing he thought of was a catchphrase ("the great leveler"), and won't let go of that. A paid tier with, say, a green checkmark that simply means "is forking over $8/mo" would have gone over a lot better. Another problem is that he's promoting it as getting out of half the ads. Except... he's having trouble getting advertisers as it is. Telling them that he's removing some of the people who are more likely to spend money from the pool of users to advertise to, doesn't seem like a great selling point for getting advertisers to buy ad space.
So much for wanting free speech on his platform. Now it's "free-ish speech but don't say anything that pushes the Chief Twit's buttons". Seems like the way these folks always go - their demands for freer speech stop right at their fragile egos.
Musk is not suited to managing Twitter in such a hands-on fashion. He acts first and thinks about it later. He's arrogant and didn't believe the issues were actually complicated. His fumbling moves, trying to increase profits, have a great impact - from the people he's fired to the influence Twitter has on society. It's pretty scary when a person with such power is so careless.
At least mounts give you speed. It's ridiculous how much EQ HF stuff costs just for a skin.
Great, we have reached the Marrissa Mayer stage of Twitter's devolution.
At least we will still have Paris, by which I mean parody*
*Assuming he does not ban that too.
At least we will still have Paris, by which I mean parody*
*Assuming he does not ban that too.
Yes, he absolutely can. Just remember the punitive banning because his feeling are hurt, the next time he says anything about buying Twitter having anything to do with making speech more free. He wants free speech for himself and people / opinions he likes. Which isn’t the same as actual free speech.
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Unbelievably unprofessional. Disrespectful and childish.
In other words, par for the course for Enron.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-responds-to-sen-markeys-concerns-with-childish-snark
In other words, par for the course for Enron.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-responds-to-sen-markeys-concerns-with-childish-snark
Now here’s a news article that shows how bizarre his compensation plan from Tesla is.
The week-long trial in Delaware Court of Chancery will examine the 2018 compensation plan that the automaker’s board of directors created for Musk. The automaker said at the time it could be worth nearly $56 billion, making it the largest compensation package for anyone on Earth from a publicly traded company, and the net value today is $50.9 billion.
Even in the rarified air of CEO pay, Musk’s compensation plan stood apart. Millions upon millions of dollars are often lavished on corporate executives of the biggest companies, but the plan to pay Musk initially totaled in the tens of billions, as long as he met performance goals. It wasn’t in cash – top executive pay rarely is – but in shares of the company. The higher Tesla went, the more those shares would be valued, the more Musk would be awarded and the more those shares would be worth. And as Tesla’s stock shot ever upwards, it helped propel him to a net worth of over $300 billion at one point, all while shareholders reaped the potential gains.
The case could be significant for Tesla, given the serious questions raised about its executive compensation, according to corporate governance experts. Tesla’s board of directors has defended the compensation package.
The trial may also invigorate debate over executive compensation, including large stock grants they receive. S&P 500 CEOs averaged $18.3 million in compensation in 2021, 324 times the median pay at the companies. That disparity has grown in recent years.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, for example, received compensation valued at $212.7 million in 2021. Apple CEO Tim Cook received nearly $100 million last year. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was paid nearly $50 million in 2021.
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So in the search for ethical behavior how can Tesla’s board of directors legally award such a huge compensation for a publicly traded company compared to everyone else? This also has the potential for hitting the arranged funding for many of Elon Musks endeavors it seems.
The week-long trial in Delaware Court of Chancery will examine the 2018 compensation plan that the automaker’s board of directors created for Musk. The automaker said at the time it could be worth nearly $56 billion, making it the largest compensation package for anyone on Earth from a publicly traded company, and the net value today is $50.9 billion.
Even in the rarified air of CEO pay, Musk’s compensation plan stood apart. Millions upon millions of dollars are often lavished on corporate executives of the biggest companies, but the plan to pay Musk initially totaled in the tens of billions, as long as he met performance goals. It wasn’t in cash – top executive pay rarely is – but in shares of the company. The higher Tesla went, the more those shares would be valued, the more Musk would be awarded and the more those shares would be worth. And as Tesla’s stock shot ever upwards, it helped propel him to a net worth of over $300 billion at one point, all while shareholders reaped the potential gains.
The case could be significant for Tesla, given the serious questions raised about its executive compensation, according to corporate governance experts. Tesla’s board of directors has defended the compensation package.
The trial may also invigorate debate over executive compensation, including large stock grants they receive. S&P 500 CEOs averaged $18.3 million in compensation in 2021, 324 times the median pay at the companies. That disparity has grown in recent years.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, for example, received compensation valued at $212.7 million in 2021. Apple CEO Tim Cook received nearly $100 million last year. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was paid nearly $50 million in 2021.
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So in the search for ethical behavior how can Tesla’s board of directors legally award such a huge compensation for a publicly traded company compared to everyone else? This also has the potential for hitting the arranged funding for many of Elon Musks endeavors it seems.
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