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Twitter to Stop Unverified Accounts From Appearing in Recommended Tweets [Updated]
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I remember a quote from Musk, where he said, “If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead.”
Apparently, you can have "free speech", but if you want anyone to listen, you better cough up $8, and give Twitter your phone number.
Apparently, you can have "free speech", but if you want anyone to listen, you better cough up $8, and give Twitter your phone number.
When people say "free speech" it has nothing to do with the price of it.
And you don't need to be in "for you" for your tweets to be seen. It was mostly people with lots of followers and/or celebs to begin with. You're acting like the tweets of "freeloaders" will be hidden.
You should apply or ask anybody you know to.
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I would but I don’t think I want to pay $66 Billion Dollars. I don’t think it’s worth that much.
Looking forward to seeing you all back in this thread on the 15th when this doesn’t happen. 🤣
Elon’s deadlines are hilarious.
Elon’s deadlines are hilarious.
So what are you on about?
He hasn't stepped down because nobody of quality has put his or her name forward. He even approached a few people but nobody wanted the job.
Judging by the reaction from this forum and the vitriol directed at Elon personally, I don't blame them.
The fact that people are holding Elon to the results of a Twitter poll is already telling because they'll never do that to literally anybody else.
This is a good move. Elon should go one step further and require a subscription to post.
Maybe Twitter would actually be worth reading then. Or maybe not, but at least Elon would be monetizing the platform like he said he would.
This is how you know Twitter has improved since Elon purchased it: all the insufferable tech folk left.
Maybe Twitter would actually be worth reading then. Or maybe not, but at least Elon would be monetizing the platform like he said he would.
This is how you know Twitter has improved since Elon purchased it: all the insufferable tech folk left.
Let's be realistic. Had he "won" the poll, they'd say it was bots or that he himself edited the totals. They have a mindset of never losing
If you want to influence?......Pay for it!
Twitter will prevent posts from unverified accounts from appearing in its "For You" algorithmic feed starting Saturday, April 15, CEO Elon Musk announced on Tuesday. The new policy means that only posts originating from paid-for Twitter Blue accounts will be included in the platform's stream of recommended tweets.
In a post announcing the impending change, Musk said the decision to no longer recommend tweets from accounts that don't have a blue verified badge was "the only realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over."
In the same tweet, Musk revealed that the ability to vote in polls on the social media platform would also require verification for the same reason. "It is otherwise a hopeless losing battle," claimed the Twitter chief.
In an earlier post, Musk said that paid verification significantly increases the cost of using bots and makes it easier to identify them.
Twitter relaunched its Twitter Blue subscription option in December after the initial launch saw accounts with blue checkmarks being used to impersonate businesses, celebrities, and other high-profile individuals. The only requirement to get a blue checkmark was to spend $8 (or $11 if subscribing from the iOS app).
To prevent impersonations, Twitter Blue subscribers now receive a blue checkmark next to their name only after they verify their phone number and their account has been reviewed.
Subscribers who change their username, display name, or profile photo, temporarily lose the blue checkmark until their account is reviewed again. However, Twitter does not ask for any form of official identification to verify ownership at any point in the sign-up process, which some users argue calls into question Musk's logic for blocking unverified accounts from its "For You" tab.
Twitter last week said that it would begin to wind down its "legacy" verified program and remove "legacy verified" blue badges on April 1.
Twitter Blue has become a tentpole policy of the platform as Musk seeks to find new ways to generate revenue. Since the Tesla CEO took over, the market price of the company is said to have tanked. According to a New York Times report, last week Musk told employees in an email memo that Twitter is now valued at $20 billion, which is less than half of the $44 billion that Musk paid for the company last year.
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Good move Elon 👏
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There is no point in being angry about this. I deleted the Twitter app back in December. I don't care about this story. Actually, this story makes me feel smug for not caring about it.
Just delete the Twitter app and instead of scrolling through Twitter, go to your local public library and check out some books and read those instead.
Just delete the Twitter app and instead of scrolling through Twitter, go to your local public library and check out some books and read those instead.
The problem with this mindset is that Twitter hasn't changed. It was a cesspool before Elon and after Elon. People who behave like it did change magically when he bought it, are telling us a lot about them.
You obviously don't care since you made a post about it and even proposed an alternative.
If true, that makes this a good change. His crap won’t litter my feed.
A few days ago I reported a tweet that said, explicitly, “stay away from [racial group]s.” Previously, this tweet would likely have been flagged automatically or quickly removed upon a report. Instead, the tweet remained up while the report was reviewed, Twitter took four days to determine that the tweet violated their rules, and it remains up today. The account was supposedly “locked” for a few days, that’s all, and it appears as though the account, which has a long history of posting little other than racist bile, continues to tweet racist bile.
Everything one could possibly be done wrong by Enron.
Has been done by Enron for Twitter.
$44 billion dollar spent.
Now twitter is worth $20 billion.
Will sell it for scrap and $4 billion by next year.
Has been done by Enron for Twitter.
$44 billion dollar spent.
Now twitter is worth $20 billion.
Will sell it for scrap and $4 billion by next year.
Would you put your $44 billion investment in someone else's hands, before it's stabilised and stops haemorrhaging $3 billion a year?
He has said, he is looking to appoint a CEO, once the company is stabilised
Stepping down were words out of his mouth, and like all narcissists, the words are gas lit with lies, lies and lies.
Or perhaps he is waiting till he tanks the value of Twitter down to $14 billion before he leaves the piling heap of a blue bird in disgrace.
More disgrace actually, the only upside to his purchase was he has shown the world was a charlatan he is, was, and will always be.
Or perhaps he is waiting till he tanks the value of Twitter down to $14 billion before he leaves the piling heap of a blue bird in disgrace.
More disgrace actually, the only upside to his purchase was he has shown the world was a charlatan he is, was, and will always be.
Musk is doing what many online platforms are doing or have been doing which is the 'you can look but not touch' approach which is people can look but if they want to participate they must pay. Many online platforms have a 'free' ability which is severely restricted but then have paid tiers depending on how much you want to participate on the platform. This approach is mainly taken to stop trolling and undesirable content from appearing on the platform because those type of accounts are not willing to pay to be able to troll and cause problems. There is also another phrase used for this type of approach 'pay to play', the 'play' part being the ability to be able to take part in polls and leave recommendations but you will have to 'pay' to do so, hence 'pay to play'.
I did as well, before Musk bought it....now I've re instated it 😊
Well, maybe Twitter tanking would be in the best interests of all humankind.