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I'm surprised that we haven't seen even a modicum of uproar from a contingent of the currently verified that selling their status for $8 a pop dilutes their pre
by kelseyfrog 4y ago
I'm surprised that we haven't seen even a modicum of uproar from a contingent of the currently verified that selling their status for $8 a pop dilutes their prestige. Instead this is like the eight dollar version of "I Am Rich"[1].
1. https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/technology-blog/story/2008-08-07/apple-removes-1-000-featureless-iphone-application https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/technology-blog/story...
- Rebelgecko 4y agoFWIW Steven King said he'll quit Twitter forever since if he doesn't get to keep his blue checkmark for free
- EricE 4y agolol - just like everyone who was going to move to Canada if things didn't go their way politically? No, he won't quit and neither will the vast majority of them either.
- jshzglr 4y agoAnd then proceeded to say that twitter(a free service) should pay him.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoAs they should.
- PM_me_your_math 4y agoWhy? Unless he's teaching you how to write great novels, King's opinion isn't really worth anything in the grand scheme of things.
- zeroonetwothree 4y agoHe'd have to learn how to write great novels first.
- mikkergp 4y agoIt's not free if you have to see ads or have your data harvested.