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Another stupid play is to merge verification with membership. I thought he would add a new membership tier along blue check mark to have some extra income. Inst

Another stupid play is to merge verification with membership. I thought he would add a new membership tier along blue check mark to have some extra income. Instead he actually chose the bizarre route and sabotaged the verification. Maybe he is really being paid by the Saudis to intentionally ruin Twitter to reduce the freedom of speech

explain 3y ago
> to reduce the freedom of speech This is giving me "homophobes are actually raging homosexuals" energy.
- gloryjulio 3y ago
  It was a tongue in cheek comment because he didn't choose the obvious profitable and sensible route where lots of the ppl thought the same. Not sure what kind of rationale could arrive at ur conclusion
nkozyra 3y ago
> I thought he would add a new membership tier along blue check mark to have some extra income. Instead he actually chose the bizarre route and sabotaged the verification. Because the sell the whole time was to let people roleplay as famous people. And that would have worked a bit more if the actual celebrities didn't immediately respond with "ew, no" The features are ... pretty crummy. Longform tweets nobody wants to read, up to what ... 40 hour videos that nobody will watch. A basic functionality like edit? And now the funniest one: getting paid to tweet, which the biggest accounts on Twitter got joke RPM to entice people to sign up for blue. I feel really bad for anyone who thinks they're going to make their $8 back. He can't get any of this right and he seriously is already talking about becoming a bank or payment system? Good luck.
flagrant_taco 3y ago
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
- DangitBobby 3y ago
  Malicious people love it!
danans 3y ago
> Maybe he is really being paid by the Saudis to intentionally ruin Twitter to reduce the freedom of speech Conspiracy theories aside, one has to wonder how all the geniuses running the sovereign wealth funds and investment banks that backed his Twitter takeover missed all the red flags. It's almost as if they don't have any idea what they are doing. Or they really bought into a cult of personality rather than a business strategy.

explain 3y ago

> to reduce the freedom of speech This is giving me "homophobes are actually raging homosexuals" energy.

gloryjulio 3y ago
It was a tongue in cheek comment because he didn't choose the obvious profitable and sensible route where lots of the ppl thought the same. Not sure what kind of rationale could arrive at ur conclusion

nkozyra 3y ago

> I thought he would add a new membership tier along blue check mark to have some extra income. Instead he actually chose the bizarre route and sabotaged the verification. Because the sell the whole time was to let people roleplay as famous people. And that would have worked a bit more if the actual celebrities didn't immediately respond with "ew, no" The features are ... pretty crummy. Longform tweets nobody wants to read, up to what ... 40 hour videos that nobody will watch. A basic functionality like edit? And now the funniest one: getting paid to tweet, which the biggest accounts on Twitter got joke RPM to entice people to sign up for blue. I feel really bad for anyone who thinks they're going to make their $8 back. He can't get any of this right and he seriously is already talking about becoming a bank or payment system? Good luck.

flagrant_taco 3y ago

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

DangitBobby 3y ago
Malicious people love it!

danans 3y ago

> Maybe he is really being paid by the Saudis to intentionally ruin Twitter to reduce the freedom of speech Conspiracy theories aside, one has to wonder how all the geniuses running the sovereign wealth funds and investment banks that backed his Twitter takeover missed all the red flags. It's almost as if they don't have any idea what they are doing. Or they really bought into a cult of personality rather than a business strategy.