I never understood why people follow celebrities who basically shout with a megaphone without listening to replies. Some celebrities do not even have a single account they follow. That looks very egocentric. Imagine in real life someone talks to you, but at the same time wears ear plugs, so that he can't hear your reply.
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Twitter to Charge $20 a Month for Verified Accounts, Reports Suggest
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Who is going to pay $20 for conspiracy theories and negativity blasting at every corner. All of a sudden this free speech doesn't feel so free.
For me Twitter was the only place to find real time information. If aliens land on earth, you will see it on Twitter first long before you see it on CNN. That was very apparent after terrorist attacks for example. Of course someone could tweet fake information, but if there are several different sources within minutes, it usually is reliable. Twitter users retweet such tweets immediately, so they go viral within minutes. No social network can do that better than Twitter. On Instagram news from four days ago are trending.
After Musk retweeting conspiracy insanity regarding Paul Pelosi I sincerely hope Twitter crashes and burns.
OK but that’s nothing more than using power to punish a group/class you don’t like or think his privilege it shouldn’t. How does this actually improve the product?
The target audience for verified blue check accounts is and has long primarily been companies or public figures who are very likely making more than $20/hour.
I guess it comes down to what do we mean when we say “has more weight”. For me the checkmark doesn’t mean what that person says is more important or meaningful than what someone without a checkmark says.
It's interesting to see the love Macrumors forum-goers have for Musk, and have for him cracking the whip.
This ultimatum is ********. I would happily get fired for refusing to be put under the gun like that. I couldn't care less about the money grab (which is exactly what this is), because I not only have no such verified account, I also will be deactivating my account due to Musk's acquisition. But to treat employees with such disdain and disrespect.
Musk is not the genius people seem to think he is. He's a power-hungry, self-righteous narcissist who will one day be long dead and forgotten, like everyone else. And he's a **** person to work for, clearly. I hope Twitter dies. And soon.
This ultimatum is ********. I would happily get fired for refusing to be put under the gun like that. I couldn't care less about the money grab (which is exactly what this is), because I not only have no such verified account, I also will be deactivating my account due to Musk's acquisition. But to treat employees with such disdain and disrespect.
Musk is not the genius people seem to think he is. He's a power-hungry, self-righteous narcissist who will one day be long dead and forgotten, like everyone else. And he's a **** person to work for, clearly. I hope Twitter dies. And soon.
Paying $20/month for a verified blue check account is optional just as paying $4.99/month for "Twitter Blue" (introduced last year) is optional. A regular Twitter account remains free.
I didnt say 240 a year was a megarich threshold or even suggest that it was so I dont understand the first point.
and I dont understand the second point as you are quoiting what I said about 'the huge percentage of blue ticks who arent mega rich or monetising twitter' to disagree with how my point affects Taylor Swift, who is I think we both agree both mega rich and monetising twitter. Even weirder given that my post separated what my thoughts were on someone like Swift, from what I thought about those 'who arent mega rich or monetising twitter'.
Me too. I have zero tweets.
Twitter is about me quickly getting a summary of everything that is happening in the world in terms of what interested me. Take away verified accounts or make them less prevalent or trustworthy and I might not find it as useful
I’m with you on the fact that for any ordinary user, there is zero value for having the check mark.
I think most of the blue check people on twitter will certainly pay the $20. For many twitter in their mind is a necessity. Do you think people like AOC will loose her massive followers over $20? Her twitter followers give her some clout in congress.
That's one of the few things I like about Twitter is the speed. If I tweet feedback to a company during business hours, I'm getting answer fast. But the issue is that it can spread good and bad info equally fast.
But according to rumors if you don’t pay the $20 you lose the checkmark. If someone chooses not to subscribe to Twitter Blue they don’t lose functionality they currently have. Let’s be real, the biggest active daily users of Twitter are journalists and people who are highly politically engaged. Most of them have checkmarks. This isn’t about improving Twitter, in fact it will probably make Twitter worse. No, this is a way for Musk play to his new fan base who want to see this class of people taken down a notch. The reason this new fan base is so happy he’s taking over Twitter is because they think he’ll punish the class of people they don’t like.
They already have a paid tier, and they make plenty of money. https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/2...et-earnings-revenue-first-time-reveal-q4-2019
Right. I mostly use Twitter to get real time news. I’ll use it to follow a live event. And yes often times breaking news is on Twitter well before its TV or news sites. Even though there’s a lot wrong with the platform it still serves a useful purpose.
What I hate at Twitter is the arrogance of some people towards people with a small follower count and no profile photo. Not everybody is an extrovert who wants to spread his opinion around the world. Some people think that if you do not have a huge following or at least a profile photo, you must be bot or an account operated by Russian trolls.
I personally block everybody who brags with his follower count on Twitter or any other social network. Narcissist like that need a therapist.
I personally block everybody who brags with his follower count on Twitter or any other social network. Narcissist like that need a therapist.
Calm down.
1. Who confirmed the accuracy of this ultimatum anyway?
2. I hardly think Musk or anyone in executive management for that matter will terminate productive employees who are in essential roles.
If they can't get this simple task done in a week, talent isn't the word I'd use.
Can I get some idea what sort of wealth it takes to be megarich?
So if someone is usurping the identity of a public figure on Twitter, there will no longer be any indication if they or real or fake if they don't want to pay $20/month. Sounds like a feature ripe for abuse.
Yes, but the verified blue check account was and remains optional. My reply was to a comment that "free speech now starts at 20 dollars per month" which is simply untrue. Having and using a Twitter account is still free.
I don't exactly know what Musk's thinking is here but do know he has commented in the past that too many "verified" accounts are not active enough on the platform. He may feel that if they have to pay for the service, they will use it more which will also drive more usage and interest from others. More active users and usage would be a positive for Twitter.