Says Twitter will charge $8/month for account verification after criticism of $19.99/month

[struggle4progress]

By Jennifer Korn
Updated 2:30 PM EDT, Tue November 1, 2022
After facing criticism for his plan to charge .. $19.99 a month to get or keep a verified account, Elon Musk .. on Tuesday .. planned to charge $8 a month for Twitter’s subscription service, called “Twitter Blue,” with the promise to let anyone pay to receive a coveted blue check mark ...
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/tech/musk-twitter-verification-price/index.html

Background:
Musk: For $240 a year, we'll agree you're whoever you say you are
The Real Napoleon Bonaparte: That's too much
Musk: OK -- for $96 a year, we'll agree you're whoever you say you are

[Skittles]

1. yeah he sounds like a stable guy

[Conjuay]

8. yeah,

another “stable genius”.

[PortTack]

2. Not paying $8 either

[XorXor]

5. I suspect most people will not.

I could be wrong, but I know I for sure will not pay $8/mo for that.

I wonder if twitter is gonna go the way of myspace over the next couple of years.

[PortTack]

15. Hope so! This is musk's further adventure into controlling American politics

He’s giving the Saudis more access to controlling our politics, Russia too. Making calls to Putin..good gawd. The whole thing with him shutting down starlink on the Ukrainian battlefield..don’t for a minute think that wasn’t him pulling strings for russia

He is he’ll bent to having more power and doesn’t care what he has to do to get it. He’s much more dangerous than tfg.

[zuul]

3. Another well-vetted plan.

How does this dipshit dress himself each day?

[keithbvadu2]

4. Start out with an outrageously high price and talk down to a still high price and still make a fortu

Start out with an outrageously high price and talk down to a still high price and still make a fortune.

[Mr.Bill]

6. Although there can be exceptions,

generally when a new person takes a business over, the worst thing they can do is fire people on the first day. He has no idea how to manage people and he has created a world of problems for himself for a long time to come.

[leftyladyfrommo]

9. I couldn't believe he did that. And now is demanding

Managers work 84 hour weeks.

It's almost like he's trying to destroy the company.

[Mr.Bill]

10. I would imagine most people are looking

for a way out of there. I know I would be. It's only logical with a loose cannon like him in charge people are probably wondering when they will be fired.

[TheBlackAdder]

7. Called it! I knew that fuck would make the Blue Check available to anyone as long as they pay up.

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Instead of being for well-known people and the press, he's opening it up to anyone.

This will then make those who are already verified want something else to distinguish themselves from the plebs who are buying verification. Watch, sooner or later, there will be another color check for the elite, perhaps gold, red or Black. Perhaps the elite will pay $500-1000 a year.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217303190

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[XorXor]

11. I bet there will also be an ability to filter out non-verified user's tweets

And I'm sure something to limit interactions to only those who are verified. And if your tiered verification thing turns into reality, then maybe even filtering and limits based on those levels

[TheBlackAdder]

12. I bet he'll place the verified ones at the top of a thread, and bury unverified at the bottom.

[XorXor]

13. If they go this route then I have no doubt twitter will go the way of myspace

[Emrys]

14. By saying he's going to drop the price, he's making that problem even worse! n/t

[Dirty Socialist]

16. Profiteering

Err…”inflation”. It’s Biden’s fault.
Also, it was too cloudy yesterday. Again, Biden’s fault.