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Why the blue checks on Twitter are really mad about the $8 verification costs.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:23 am
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:23 am
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However, apparently with the new management in place, it has been discovered that verification badge status was also for sale. For a secret fee, if you knew the right people, you could purchase a verified status. Of course, no one ever knew this before, and it seems very sketchy. [See comment above left]
Knowing that some users purchased their verification status, the apoplexy over Elon Musk deciding to allow any user to verify their status for an $8/month fee, now takes on a new perspective.
Obviously, the verified users who purchased their elevated status would feel ripped off if anyone could now get verified, that’s issue #1.
Issue #2 is the diminished level of importance of a ‘blue check’ badge or credential if it is available to anyone. The internal class system is removed.
This is the second point of contention amid those who are not happy with the verification proposed by Elon Musk. It sounds absurd, but the level of anger over this leveling of the caste system has led to claims of widespread verification status being called a national security threat.
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Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:26 am to GumboPot
$15,000 to buy a blue check. How unbelievable vain does one have to be.
Also the legal ramifications of this must be tremendous.
Also the legal ramifications of this must be tremendous.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:28 am to tadman
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$15,000 to buy a blue check. How unbelievable vain does one have to be.
Also the legal ramifications of this must be tremendous.
Now for $8 per month regulars baws can be blue checked just like the oligarchs, if that's your thing.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:29 am to GumboPot
I am not paying $8 for them to verify I am the real madam squirrel
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:34 am to GumboPot
I’m more curious if I can pay a certain amount to keep my identity from being known.
I don’t post anything ever on social media. Just look at other peoples accounts. That’s worked well for me.
I don’t post anything ever on social media. Just look at other peoples accounts. That’s worked well for me.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:35 am to GumboPot
They so desperately want people to think they’re important and their little tweets matter
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:36 am to GumboPot
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Now for $8 per month regulars baws can be blue checked just like the oligarchs,
This is exactly why the liberal blue-check brigade is so pissed off about $8-gate.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:40 am to GumboPot
Chicken should give gold checks for TD premium members
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:42 am to GumboPot
One on Twitter was bitching “I thought he said this was free speech “ well dipshit no one is forcing you to buy that blue check mark
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:44 am to Tiger Prawn
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Chicken should give gold checks for TD premium members
He does, only visible to premium members.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:46 am to BilJ
My favorite are the journos complaining this stops freedom of the press, then paywall their articles.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:47 am to GumboPot
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This post was edited on 4/11/23 at 5:00 am
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:48 am to GumboPot
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Now for $8 per month regulars baws can be blue checked just like the oligarchs
this is why they're angry.
Poor baws will have the same access that they do.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:52 am to Tiger Prawn
You haven’t gotten one yet?!
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:55 am to GumboPot
How do they verify that a user is who they say they are?
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:56 am to Alyosha
I actually think verification of who is real is important and hope they can find a way to let people amplify their message in a different way.
But knowing who is real matters in an era of fake news and propaganda.
But knowing who is real matters in an era of fake news and propaganda.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:59 am to GumboPot
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$15,000 for a blue check
Would only take 156.25 years to pay off at the current rate of $8/mo
Posted on 11/7/22 at 7:59 am to tadman
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$15,000 to buy a blue check. How unbelievable vain does one have to be.
Not about vanity, it’s about influence. Those people had their fee financed by those that control the narratives they push.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 8:02 am to GumboPot
They aren’t pissed about the $8. They are pissed that anyone can pay $8.
Posted on 11/7/22 at 8:03 am to GumboPot
There's something similar going on over at Instagram. This whore I fricked for a bit has several hundred thousand followers and got her account banned with her posts/advertising onlyfans.
She was put into contact with a guy who could "get her account back" for a "small fee" ended up being $5,000 or so if I remember correctly. She got her account back no questions asked with the promise that it wouldn't be deleted again.
I figured it was someone who worked there doing deals under the table. Glad to see that was the case.
She was put into contact with a guy who could "get her account back" for a "small fee" ended up being $5,000 or so if I remember correctly. She got her account back no questions asked with the promise that it wouldn't be deleted again.
I figured it was someone who worked there doing deals under the table. Glad to see that was the case.
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