It's "Twitter Freedom Friday!"

[AsmodeusPrime]

You're doing a good job proving it was him. Keep fighting the good fight

This has absolutely nothing to do with my conversation with him.

Stay triggered though.

 

[Rotadom]

When the argument is reduced to who has the last word, it's just best to stop.

But please, continue

lol At the lack of self awareness.

 

[LupusDei]

There's my theory for Elon the Evil genius action sequence. Giving a benefit of doubt it's accidental as most evil is. In any case, everyone should be prepared for this:

1) Musk fires 50% Twitter workforce this Friday.
2) The paid badge comes out "next week" -- let's say Monday.

How the transition will be handled? Let's assume the worst. Elon likes to break things so it's not unreasonable. So every badge is removed at once, and then reinstalled by payment.

There's a needed aside on what the badge was for till now. Foremost, it's defense against impersonation, to fend off random accounts that pretend to be you. Usually for some kind of scam jumping in the middle impersonating legitimate people who make or collect money in some way so to steal some of the income. But also just for "fun" producing misinformation in name of journalists or whomever.

So, at and/or right after election nobody on Twitter has the verification badge, or worse still a small random subset of random accounts has the new paid badges.

The beauty of a big dumpster fire right?

Newsflash, next all the "news" in all other formats are one or another way made on and by Twitter first.

And suddenly it is nearly unusable in it's role as near-real time information clearing house because it's flooded by umpteen impersonation accounts of anyone who matter, possibly with paid for badges...

 

[IrezumiKiss]

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[Rotadom]

This is great

Ten minutes ago, the people who hated Twitter for fake news and bots and hated Musk for his forward thinking views on the environment are now in love with both.

lol, EXCEPT.......

by making people pay for verified accounts they have removed all semblance of credibility and have encouraged even more fake news and bots.

 

[ll74]

"Elon bought a toilet. And then he was like....the problem with this toilet is that people don't shit enough in it"
-Jon Stewart

 

[iso36]

by making people pay for verified accounts they have removed all semblance of credibility

Rototwat has a schedule of all the retailers in his village that offer free hotdogs.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Im not sure how many blue checks would quit Twitter if they had to pay $8 a month. In addition to free validation, which all by itself is beneficial, they currently get designated what is generally considered elite status, and a platform to promote themselves to thousands or even millions for free. Most of them are famous people with famously big egos. Entertainers, athletes, politicians, and others for whom their name is their brand, and the value of their brand is dependent on reach. Surely some will quit, but many more might consider it $8 a month still a bargain.

 

[Chobham]

Apparently the Bot purge has started. Some users are complaining that they're losing 'follower's.'

 

[ll74]

I'm gonna buy Rick Astley's twitter verification badge and just spend all day Rick-rolling everyone.

 

[ll74]

Apparently the Bot purge has started. Some users are complaining that they're losing 'follower's.'

People are overreacting and stupid. Nothing has changed yet.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

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I’d wager that if Professor Bernal, who devoted some of his valuable time posting 10 consecutive tweets about Twitter, is confronted with a choice between losing his soapbox or coughing up $8 a month, he’ll pay the fee.

 

[Rotadom]

Rototwat has a schedule of all the retailers in his village that offer free hotdogs.

That's a lot of random irrelevant words.

 

[iso36]

With over a million registrants, Lit could charge $1/month, lose 90% of its base and make an extra million a year.

Rob, luk and Busybody alts would make up most of the lost subscribers. Win-win.

 

[Wrong Element]

Im not sure how many blue checks would quit Twitter if they had to pay $8 a month. In addition to free validation, which all by itself is beneficial, they currently get designated what is generally considered elite status, and a platform to promote themselves to thousands or even millions for free. Most of them are famous people with famously big egos. Entertainers, athletes, politicians, and others for whom their name is their brand, and the value of their brand is dependent on reach. Surely some will quit, but many more might consider it $8 a month still a bargain.

You're making the same mistake Musk has made. NOBODY thinks having a blue check gives them "elite status!" It just means "this account belongs to me and not someone who is pretending to be me."

I can see why this simple fact confuses people on Lit who change usernames every other day.

Also, Musk has ensured that the rollout of this plan is linked to one's feelings about Musk in general and to his plans for Twitter specifically. Going forward, a blue check will mean, "I let the world's richest man talk me into giving him $8 every month for something that used to be free." He can sell that to his fanboys, but good luck trying it with normal people.

 

[schism666]

You're making the same mistake Musk has made. NOBODY thinks having a blue check gives them "elite status!" It just means "this account belongs to me and not someone who is pretending to be me."

i don't know why this is so hard for laypeople to understand.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

You're making the same mistake Musk has made. NOBODY thinks having a blue check gives them "elite status!" It just means "this account belongs to me and not someone who is pretending to be me."

I can see why this simple fact confuses people on Lit who change usernames every other day.

Also, Musk has ensured that the rollout of this plan is linked to one's feelings about Musk in general and to his plans for Twitter specifically. Going forward, a blue check will mean, "I let the world's richest man talk me into giving him $8 every month for something that used to be free." He can sell that to his fanboys, but good luck trying it with normal people.

We disagree on this. If the plan that Musk has floated is actually put in place, we’ll get to see what happens. My bet is that a majority of blue checks will stay on Twitter and pay the fee.

 

[HisArpy]

You're making the same mistake Musk has made. NOBODY thinks having a blue check gives them "elite status!" It just means "this account belongs to me and not someone who is pretending to be me."

I can see why this simple fact confuses people on Lit who change usernames every other day.

Also, Musk has ensured that the rollout of this plan is linked to one's feelings about Musk in general and to his plans for Twitter specifically. Going forward, a blue check will mean, "I let the world's richest man talk me into giving him $8 every month for something that used to be free." He can sell that to his fanboys, but good luck trying it with normal people.

The problem with this point is that if "nobody" thought that, then why do people think that they need to explain it?

 

[iso36]

Laurel should sell Elon Ignore buttons at wholesale.

 

[HisArpy]

That's a lot of random irrelevant words.

In the sphere of advertising, it offers a lot of bang for the buck. It includes the word; free and then names the freebee;
hotdogs.

That's sum solid advertising schematics right there.

And yet you think it's random and irrelevant. I wonder if all those Walmart sample carts would agree with you?

 

[Wrong Element]

i don't know why this is so hard for laypeople to understand.

The main thing I used Twitter for originally was as a news feed. People in journalism tend to have checkmarks because tweeting is often part of their job. This can be important when you're following a developing news story, and various randos are shitposting and calling it "breaking news."

But I don't know of a single local reporter with a checkmark who is going around thinking, "I'm kind of a big deal now."

 

[phrodeau]

The non-blue-checked Twitter account of Donald Trump still exists, and has over 300,000 followers. Trump could be posting, assuming that he can remember the password.

https://twitter.com/donaldtrump?lang=en

 

[Rotadom]

In the sphere of advertising, it offers a lot of bang for the buck. It includes the word; free and then names the freebee;
hotdogs.

That's sum solid advertising schematics right there.

And yet you think it's random and irrelevant. I wonder if all those Walmart sample carts would agree with you?

You struggle with your own profession so I'll defer to someone in advertising for their opinion, thanks.

 

[Dribble]

Well that surprised me. Who has one of the first banned twitter accounts under their new leadership. That's right....ex gf...Amber Heard. Then again...it really doesn't surprise me.

 

[Rotadom]

I heard about that.