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Is this in reaction to, or because of Twitter? Many seemed yo have denounced the paid verification feature, but does this signal that it's something people will

Is this in reaction to, or because of Twitter? Many seemed yo have denounced the paid verification feature, but does this signal that it's something people will pay for?

DethNinja 4y ago
It is valuable for business administrator accounts but I don’t see the value for the average user.
dawnerd 4y ago
Likely something they’ve been working on way longer than it was a thought at Twitter.
- kjksf 4y ago
  Uber re-wrote their 1 million loc mobile app in 3 months. How much time should it take to implement a subscription payment? With all the respect to Facebook scale, more than 1 month would be a failure. I'm not saying that Facebook did it because Twitter did it, but the timing of it seems more than a coincidence and they are using the same justification for doing it as Twitter. It's quite likely that Twitter doing it successfully overcame the risk aversion that large corporations are oversupplied with. https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/uber-app-rewrite-yolo/ https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/uber-app-rewrite-yolo/
  - dawnerd 4y ago
    Facebook isn’t a start up, thinks are not moving as quick as you think. The actual development probably went fast but the PM meetings, legal, etc all take a long time. I bet this has been in the works in some form since Apple’s crackdown on tracking.
kumarvvr 4y ago
The format of pages, content structure and reach of facebook, linked to real world profiles and people, means that having a verified account makes a lot more sense. Twitter is an announcement platform. Facebook is a discussion platform. Comments, replies to comments, no content length limit, ability to upvote, etc.
ibejoeb 4y ago
Perhaps neither. The post indicates that it's rolling out in Australia first. Australia has been, for years, working toward tying social media use to authenticated identity. Imagine paying for this...

Is this in reaction to, or because of Twitter? Many seemed yo have denounced the paid verification feature, but does this signal that it's something people will pay for?

DethNinja 4y ago

It is valuable for business administrator accounts but I don’t see the value for the average user.

dawnerd 4y ago

Likely something they’ve been working on way longer than it was a thought at Twitter.

kjksf 4y ago
Uber re-wrote their 1 million loc mobile app in 3 months. How much time should it take to implement a subscription payment? With all the respect to Facebook scale, more than 1 month would be a failure. I'm not saying that Facebook did it because Twitter did it, but the timing of it seems more than a coincidence and they are using the same justification for doing it as Twitter. It's quite likely that Twitter doing it successfully overcame the risk aversion that large corporations are oversupplied with. https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/uber-app-rewrite-yolo/ https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/uber-app-rewrite-yolo/
- dawnerd 4y ago
  Facebook isn’t a start up, thinks are not moving as quick as you think. The actual development probably went fast but the PM meetings, legal, etc all take a long time. I bet this has been in the works in some form since Apple’s crackdown on tracking.

kumarvvr 4y ago

The format of pages, content structure and reach of facebook, linked to real world profiles and people, means that having a verified account makes a lot more sense. Twitter is an announcement platform. Facebook is a discussion platform. Comments, replies to comments, no content length limit, ability to upvote, etc.

ibejoeb 4y ago

Perhaps neither. The post indicates that it's rolling out in Australia first. Australia has been, for years, working toward tying social media use to authenticated identity. Imagine paying for this...