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Really this should be orthogonal to a verification check, IMHO. Blue check: Enough people are interested in pretending to be me that Twitter has verified this
by egypturnash 4y ago
Really this should be orthogonal to a verification check, IMHO.
Blue check: Enough people are interested in pretending to be me that Twitter has verified this account as being mine. I get a few perks related to managing the immense torrent of bullshit that this level of fame sends my way.
Green star: I like Twitter enough to pay a few bucks to do my part to help keep the servers running, and to pay the programmers and moderators to do their job. I get a few perks like multiple/animated user icons, longer post lengths, and the ability to post offsite links without Twitter's algorithm hiding them.
Got a blue check? Great! You're someone famous! Got a green star? Great! You're helping to keep the site running! Got a blue check AND a green star? Super awesome, you're someone famous who's also helping to keep the site running!
But this does require turning Twitter into a place people are enjoying going to before anyone likes it enough to pay a few bucks, and well, good luck with that, mister "I'm going to eliminate all censorship on Twitter and let Trump back on".
- VWWHFSfQ 4y agoI'm fine with just the one blue check for anyone willing to pay. I'm guessing existing blue checks will be grandfathered in, but maybe not. that would be a great immediate new revenue stream to make all those people start paying or lose their check. In any case, non checked people will most likely be entirely invisible now, which is totally fine. the noise from them is so bad
- phist_mcgee 4y agoBlue checks will be given a grace period before they have to start their subscription pricing. https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/twitter-verified-users-subscription-price-blue-check-mark-musk-1235418285/ https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/twitter-verified-users...
- mattl 4y agoYeah I’d prefer this. I’ve yet to see if people will lose their verification if they don’t pay. I’m not sure if I’m going to keep mine, and I’ve been paying for Twitter Blue until now anyway.
- yieldcrv 4y agoThey could do the Youtube Premium approach of being just inconvenienced enough to finally subscribe I’m surprised that it works but people subscribe
- TexanFeller 4y agoI refuse to allow any more ads into my life than I'm forced to. Youtube premium is 100% worth it for that.
- themoonisachees 4y agoUnless you're an apple user, youtube premium has 1 feature that you cannot get through extensions and that is offline play. Everything else is accessible, for free, on every platform save for unjailbroken iphones.
- clouddrover 4y ago> I like Twitter enough to pay a few bucks to do my part to help keep the servers running The only part anyone would be playing is digging Musk out of the financial hole he created for himself. "Give me money to rescue me from my bad business decisions!" is not much of a sales pitch.
- egypturnash 4y agoYeah, "I like this site enough to help keep the servers running" was a much easier sell back when I was giving money to Brad et al to keep Livejournal running.