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Twitter to Charge $20 a Month for Verified Accounts, Reports Suggest
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Because twitter had some kind of secret system and committee for deciding who gets the checkmark. It happened often if you just knew the right person or if you thought the "correct way".
He may have not started with nothing, but denying he is a smart business man would be insane. He literally makes the best cars in the world and starlink is going to be massive.
You could just not use it. Nobody is forcing you to acknowledge that it exists, you're choosing to.
To be honest.. Twitter has to have something developed that he wants/needs. Maybe some type of AI? Backend for Starlink? Something.
One of his other companies will become its biggest customer. Similar to starlink and spacex..
One of his other companies will become its biggest customer. Similar to starlink and spacex..
Within one week he has already posted false information and now wants to charge people to verify who they are.
Obviously verified doesn’t get rid of all the massive misinformation and lies already out there, but it’s clear all he wants to do is make conspiracy theories and lies more prominent because lies are free and the truth costs money. And people won’t pay to tell the truth.
Obviously verified doesn’t get rid of all the massive misinformation and lies already out there, but it’s clear all he wants to do is make conspiracy theories and lies more prominent because lies are free and the truth costs money. And people won’t pay to tell the truth.
i’m not on twitter but i doubt 230 million people have the check. aren’t check marks usually for celebrities and rich people anyways? they will definitely pay, they are “elite” and want everyone to know they can afford it.
What took you so long? It is the sewer of the internet as has been that way for a long time.
They aren't, thousands of no-name regular people have checkmarks. They are useless currently and will be useless under the new plan. But at least now they'll generate some revenue. Elon is a genius.
because we aren't part of his cult and actually know about the real him. i say this as someone who owns a tesla.
meanwhile, you're working overtime to defend him.
You are completely missing the point. The main feature of this subscription is he Verification.
Verified is a special status. It signals that the user is "known" and implies that their message carries more weight
If everyone is verified, then the status loses its meaning.
Who might want this status - and why would they pay for it? Journalists who want to be heard and promote articles. Celebrities who want to promote products. People who 1 way or another are trying to sell something. It's worth it for them to pay $20/mo.
Everyone else - who are mainly passive consumer of Twitter - have no incentive to pay for it.
I think both Twitr and Musk will loose from his take over.
Musk is a dominating personality and Twitr needs a collegial team to function, particularly in regard to moderation rules.
By the time he realises this, Twitr will have lost users and the share price will be devalued from his buy out price. Loose loose.
Will the damage to Twitter be fatal ? Sad to contemplate as Twitter is the only global “town square” we have.
Musk is a dominating personality and Twitr needs a collegial team to function, particularly in regard to moderation rules.
By the time he realises this, Twitr will have lost users and the share price will be devalued from his buy out price. Loose loose.
Will the damage to Twitter be fatal ? Sad to contemplate as Twitter is the only global “town square” we have.
If you see Elon's latest poll it shows almost no one would even pay $15 to be verified. It means you have to be you and a public person and use your real name. The real lure of twitter is its toxic anonymity.
He didn't want it, now he'd gonna kill it for a tax write off. Seems like everyone wins here.
Because there's way more than 1000's of people in higher status positions that get verified. Like, some newscaster from Boise, or some NASCAR driver (I don't watch NASCAR), etc.. Just because YOU don't know them, doesn't mean a lot of folks don't.
First, you don't know how exactly verification will be implemented, nobody does. And you think at 20 bucks (or more depending on subscription model) per bot that is a sustainable system? Also, its' not like a purchased blue checkmark is somehow the mark of a wise, important person (that was actually what the weird approved-elite-only model of the past implied!). If anything, this takes power away from the blue checkmark. I see no danger at all in this move.