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What is this going to solve? Blue checkmarks was intended to find the real public person instead of thousand scammers. If it now means that you have paid for ac
by throwaway04923 4y ago
What is this going to solve? Blue checkmarks was intended to find the real public person instead of thousand scammers. If it now means that you have paid for account, then what is the point?
This is not going to help their finances either. Someone [1] did a calculation:
"If one in five current blue ticks paid $20 a month that would raise just under $15 million a year for Twitter… Twitter’s current revenues (mostly from ads) are $5 billion a year. Musk’s apparent plan would generate about 30 hours’ worth of annual revenue."
https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/1587381512500125699 https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/1587381512500125699
- bagels 4y agoWhy assume that only current checkmark holders would pay? I'm sure there are many more who wish they had a checkmark who would pay. Overall, I have no idea if it's a winning strategy, but I think this analysis undersells the potential.
- ulfw 4y agoThen they could have just gotten verified if they're so eager to have a blue check box. I think your analysis oversells the potential.