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Super wealthy and famous people were previously "selected" by Twitter to receive blue checks, now that there is a transparent means to acquire it, they are no l

Super wealthy and famous people were previously "selected" by Twitter to receive blue checks, now that there is a transparent means to acquire it, they are no longer in that special select group. Being "picked" or "lucky" is part and parcel of being an actor or a journalist or a rich dude, there is no actual litmus test to be one. Blue checks didn't have a litmus test before... Elon made it 8 dollars. The elites balk at the idea their lucky status was reduced to 8 dollars. "I'm worth more than that!" is at play here.

netsharc 3y ago
Yeah, it could be summarized as "It's not that I can't afford $8/mo, it's that EVERYONE can afford it!". If Louis Vuitton started selling their fancy-ass bags for, say, $20, all the rich and famous people would not be caught dead holding their bags...
- klyrs 3y ago
  > ...it could be summarized as... If you ignore what people are actually saying and assign them a motivation that supports a cynical narrative, you could summarize the situation that way. I'm not sure it's an intellectually honest take, but you can say whatever you think.
  - netsharc 3y ago
    Well, you're right, it's a cynical take, but people have motives and then make their own excuses to satisfy others and themselves, e.g. some people not liking Obama and creating all sorts of narratives to not admit that "actually, it's just because I'm racist!" (I say some people and not all, some others may be non-racist and have legitimate reasons to not like Obama). > "I am actively rooting for the downfall of twitter," @dril tells me. "I hope to sabotage their efforts to become profitable, no matter how futile, in the hopes that they will eventually close up shop and release us all from this toilet." > "absolutely block on sight," @dril tweeted(opens in a new tab) back in November, when Musk's Twitter Blue first launched. Did he know it would be used for garbage content back then? Or, does the first quote sound like he has some other agenda? I mean, I'm on his side regarding the downfall, but if I read your other comment about this subject, it sounds like these Anti-Paid-Blue people are there because they want to fight for the survival of high quality content on Twitter, which is a bit obsessive, from my point of view.
    - klyrs 3y ago
      Oh, I wouldn't go so far as to say that they're fighting for the survival of anything on Twitter. Definitely a "if we can't have nice things, let's wreck shit" vibe from @dril. But blocking blue checks on sight does look like a low-effort way to keep trolls from invading one's feed.
BulgarianIdiot 3y ago
You're buying the BS Elon peddled to sell this change. The check was intended to verify the identity of a specific type of person, which many people know, and therefore is at high risk of impersonation. That's it. Making the check $8 voids this purpose, and to add on top of this, the most vile group of people bought into this subscription, who are Elon's sycophants and go after him like dogs doing whatever he wants and repeating what he says. Of course no one looking after their image would want this blue check anymore.

netsharc 3y ago

Yeah, it could be summarized as "It's not that I can't afford $8/mo, it's that EVERYONE can afford it!". If Louis Vuitton started selling their fancy-ass bags for, say, $20, all the rich and famous people would not be caught dead holding their bags...

klyrs 3y ago
> ...it could be summarized as... If you ignore what people are actually saying and assign them a motivation that supports a cynical narrative, you could summarize the situation that way. I'm not sure it's an intellectually honest take, but you can say whatever you think.
- netsharc 3y ago
  Well, you're right, it's a cynical take, but people have motives and then make their own excuses to satisfy others and themselves, e.g. some people not liking Obama and creating all sorts of narratives to not admit that "actually, it's just because I'm racist!" (I say some people and not all, some others may be non-racist and have legitimate reasons to not like Obama). > "I am actively rooting for the downfall of twitter," @dril tells me. "I hope to sabotage their efforts to become profitable, no matter how futile, in the hopes that they will eventually close up shop and release us all from this toilet." > "absolutely block on sight," @dril tweeted(opens in a new tab) back in November, when Musk's Twitter Blue first launched. Did he know it would be used for garbage content back then? Or, does the first quote sound like he has some other agenda? I mean, I'm on his side regarding the downfall, but if I read your other comment about this subject, it sounds like these Anti-Paid-Blue people are there because they want to fight for the survival of high quality content on Twitter, which is a bit obsessive, from my point of view.
  - klyrs 3y ago
    Oh, I wouldn't go so far as to say that they're fighting for the survival of anything on Twitter. Definitely a "if we can't have nice things, let's wreck shit" vibe from @dril. But blocking blue checks on sight does look like a low-effort way to keep trolls from invading one's feed.

BulgarianIdiot 3y ago

You're buying the BS Elon peddled to sell this change. The check was intended to verify the identity of a specific type of person, which many people know, and therefore is at high risk of impersonation. That's it. Making the check $8 voids this purpose, and to add on top of this, the most vile group of people bought into this subscription, who are Elon's sycophants and go after him like dogs doing whatever he wants and repeating what he says. Of course no one looking after their image would want this blue check anymore.