acidhead Posted November 3, 2022 Author #126 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Hahaha 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidhead Posted November 3, 2022 Author #127 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Hahaha 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidhead Posted November 3, 2022 Author #128 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Hahaha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidhead Posted November 3, 2022 Author #129 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Verification/blue checkmark for $8 p/month Personally, I'll pass. I currently fork out exactly zero $ for anything on the internet except my cell phone plan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidhead Posted November 3, 2022 Author #130 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Scrolling the replies here's an interesting reply from former woman's tennis legend: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Paranoid Android Posted November 3, 2022 #131 Share Posted November 3, 2022 The checkmark system has been a joke since its inception. If you're a celebrity and willing to pay to keep a blue checkmark, all power to you, I say 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyche101 Posted November 3, 2022 #132 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Why is it $8 a month? Surely once you're verified, you're verified. You don't become another person each month. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Paranoid Android Posted November 3, 2022 #133 Share Posted November 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, psyche101 said: Why is it $8 a month? Surely once you're verified, you're verified. You don't become another person each month. It's a subscription to ensure Twitter is not beholden to advertisers! Seems fair to me, if a celebrity no longer wants their blue checkmark, they'll just not pay for it! Blue checks are not Rights guaranteed by Twitter constitutions! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Duck Posted November 3, 2022 #134 Share Posted November 3, 2022 14 minutes ago, Paranoid Android said: It's a subscription to ensure Twitter is not beholden to advertisers! Seems fair to me, if a celebrity no longer wants their blue checkmark, they'll just not pay for it! Blue checks are not Rights guaranteed by Twitter constitutions! How would one go about verifying themselves, by giving personal details? Paying someone to verify your personal information seems like a great deal, a wonderful deal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatetopa Posted November 3, 2022 #135 Share Posted November 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, Paranoid Android said: It's a subscription to ensure Twitter is not beholden to advertisers! Seems fair to me, if a celebrity no longer wants their blue checkmark, they'll just not pay for it! Blue checks are not Rights guaranteed by Twitter constitutions! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/technology/elon-musk-twitter-debt.html Can Elon Musk Make the Math Work on Owning Twitter? It’s Dicey. Mr. Musk faces financial challenges in owning Twitter. The site frequently loses money and took on $13 billion in debt for the blockbuster deal. Consider the magnitudes. Currently only "important" people get verified, the lords as Elon calls them. The peasants don't. I read a number today but I have no way to verify it that said there were between 500,000 and 1,000,000 of those across the entire Twitter world. Revenue from that is $8,000,000. Elon will have to put the bum's rush on the peasants to convince enough of them paying $8 a month will make them feel like lords, or it won't make a difference. Previous interest payment for Twitter to service their debt was $50MM per year. The leveraged buyout debt will bring that to roughly $1 Billion. Last year Twitter earned $683 million. Elon is going to cut costs by laying off workers, shutting down R&D, and vacating physical buildings. That is how it rolls on just about all leveraged buyouts. Advertisers are going to remain a big part of the revenue. If he can get several hundred million people to pay $8 a month to be on Twitter, his troubles are over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotoutthere Posted November 3, 2022 #136 Share Posted November 3, 2022 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotoutthere Posted November 3, 2022 #137 Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) Edited November 3, 2022 by itsnotoutthere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted November 3, 2022 #138 Share Posted November 3, 2022 I am still happy to say that I have never used Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok or most other social media apps. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotoutthere Posted November 3, 2022 #139 Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Myles said: I am still happy to say that I have never used Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok or most other social media apps. Ditto. Tried Facebook for about an hour 4 years ago. Does that count? Edited November 3, 2022 by itsnotoutthere 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted November 3, 2022 #140 Share Posted November 3, 2022 28 minutes ago, itsnotoutthere said: Ditto. Tried Facebook for about an hour 4 years ago. Does that count? I am on Facebook. I don't post much at all, just keep up with the family and friends and check out some pics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyche101 Posted November 4, 2022 #141 Share Posted November 4, 2022 20 hours ago, Paranoid Android said: It's a subscription to ensure Twitter is not beholden to advertisers! Seems fair to me, if a celebrity no longer wants their blue checkmark, they'll just not pay for it! Blue checks are not Rights guaranteed by Twitter constitutions! Well why not call it a premium subscription and be done with it? I reckon it will backfire. I haven't seen a positive comment other than yours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Paranoid Android Posted November 4, 2022 #142 Share Posted November 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, psyche101 said: Well why not call it a premium subscription and be done with it? I reckon it will backfire. I haven't seen a positive comment other than yours. I think it'll backfire too. Believe it or not, I don't think everything Elon touches is gold. I was simply replying to the question of "why" Musk is doing this! By his own words is about advertisers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyche101 Posted November 4, 2022 #143 Share Posted November 4, 2022 17 minutes ago, Paranoid Android said: I think it'll backfire too. Believe it or not, I don't think everything Elon touches is gold. I was simply replying to the question of "why" Musk is doing this! By his own words is about advertisers. Thanks. Cleared it up for me. This is the sort of thing that makes him not cool. Why the games? He was much better as the quiet space guy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nuclear Wessel Posted November 5, 2022 #144 Share Posted November 5, 2022 I think he bought Twitter as a data investment for his OpenAI project. 6000 Tweets per second, billions of bidirectional interactions daily... yeah, imagine the learning a primed AI could get from that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidhead Posted November 5, 2022 Author #145 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Haha.. nice one! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankenhunter Posted November 5, 2022 #146 Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) 45 minutes ago, acidhead said: Haha.. nice one! He's right. Innuendo, racism, influencers, control, power, political, and social division, grifting, and a whole plethora of negative aspects that thrive on Twitter. The pluses do not equal the minuses. Edited November 5, 2022 by Hankenhunter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted November 5, 2022 #147 Share Posted November 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Hankenhunter said: He's right. Innuendo, racism, influencers, control, power, political, and social division, grifting, and a whole plethora of negative aspects that thrive on Twitter. The pluses do not equal the minuses. It's been like that forever just like any other social media site. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsnotoutthere Posted November 5, 2022 #148 Share Posted November 5, 2022 32 minutes ago, Myles said: It's been like that forever just like any other social media site. That's right, but now for some unknown reason () it's an issue. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidhead Posted November 6, 2022 Author #149 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Hahaha 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz_Light_Year Posted November 6, 2022 #150 Share Posted November 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, acidhead said: Hahaha Well if he's homeless that fast then he obviously didn't budget his paycheck nor did he save any money. Maybe he spent it all on $8.00 Starbuck coffees. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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