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It takes away power. Doesn't matter if 1/2 still use ads. Paying users can then exert power over Twitter as well. It's not the crazy harrassign me. It's the cr

It takes away power. Doesn't matter if 1/2 still use ads. Paying users can then exert power over Twitter as well. It's not the crazy harrassign me. It's the crazy doing an end run around me and leveraging the choke point of advertising, where several thousand nasty emails and phone calls are enough to get most all advertisers to say anything to stop the pain. I don't have to deal with it. Now I also have a painpoint to infect damages against Twitter if I choose. That takes monetary commitment. A more balanced future is where crazy exert pressure on advertisers, and customers exert pressure on twitter. The advertisers give in, twitter and advertisers lose. Advertisers start realizing its a lose lose and all the boycotts are fake anyway as online lynch mobs don't purchase their products anyway. Hopefully, after all that pain, we can get back to live and let live. Because the alternative is a dual economy where everyone loses. As for dailystormer, that's just an example. And a repugnant one that got me lots of down votes. Oh well, such is intolerance ;)

strangattractor 4y ago
As with all things capitalistic it is about who pays the bills. Ad revenue will always likely be the major source of income for the Twitter - that and selling your info. The subscription model has done little to change that. The NYT and WSJ both require a subscription. Haven't noticed much change in their behavior regarding the influence of advertisers. Musk wants to build an "Everything App" by everything I mean he wants to know everything about you. This will allow him to reach far deeper into your pants or rather pockets. If it does payments he will know what you buy. If you recommend Yeezys in tweet to a friend he will know about it. Where you get that latte each day no problem etc. With a press of a button he can make things go viral - like when he called the guy who saved the Thai kids the "pedo guy". I'll take a hard pass on that. https://futurism.com/tiktok-secret-button-viral https://futurism.com/tiktok-secret-button-viral

strangattractor 4y ago

As with all things capitalistic it is about who pays the bills. Ad revenue will always likely be the major source of income for the Twitter - that and selling your info. The subscription model has done little to change that. The NYT and WSJ both require a subscription. Haven't noticed much change in their behavior regarding the influence of advertisers. Musk wants to build an "Everything App" by everything I mean he wants to know everything about you. This will allow him to reach far deeper into your pants or rather pockets. If it does payments he will know what you buy. If you recommend Yeezys in tweet to a friend he will know about it. Where you get that latte each day no problem etc. With a press of a button he can make things go viral - like when he called the guy who saved the Thai kids the "pedo guy". I'll take a hard pass on that. https://futurism.com/tiktok-secret-button-viral https://futurism.com/tiktok-secret-button-viral