Musk Proposes to Buy Twitter for Original Price of $54.20 a Share

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The_Right_Honourable_Brit said:
Legend.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1642510394290757633

Why is a multi-billion dollar company like NYT so stingy?
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It's not a case of being stingy. The old blue checks were there to verify that an account was verified as being legitimate, ie authenticity. Now that anyone can buy a checkmark, there's no verification that any account is legitimate.

Why should they pay for one when @nytlmes, @newyorktimes, and @nytmes can be "verified" too?
 
Claymore said:
It's not a case of being stingy. The old blue checks were there to verify that an account was verified as being legitimate, ie authenticity. Now that anyone can buy a checkmark, there's no verification that any account is legitimate.

Why should they pay for one when @nytlmes, @newyorktimes, and @nytmes can be "verified" too?
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Exactly! And people think Musk is a genius. I feel sad for the investors who lent him the $$ to buy that lemon.
 
Claymore said:
It's not a case of being stingy. The old blue checks were there to verify that an account was verified as being legitimate, ie authenticity. Now that anyone can buy a checkmark, there's no verification that any account is legitimate.

Why should they pay for one when @nytlmes, @newyorktimes, and @nytmes can be "verified" too?
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Didn't Musk say that the old blue tick would stay with this new one more of a paid promotion where your posts would be promoted to near the top?
 
Claymore said:
It's not a case of being stingy. The old blue checks were there to verify that an account was verified as being legitimate, ie authenticity. Now that anyone can buy a checkmark, there's no verification that any account is legitimate.

Why should they pay for one when @nytlmes, @newyorktimes, and @nytmes can be "verified" too?
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There was an easy middle ground
Keep verified as is and add a VIP/premium model with bonus features
Don't play chicken with people who don't need you
 
PsyWulf said:
There was an easy middle ground
Keep verified as is and add a VIP/premium model with bonus features
Don't play chicken with people who don't need you
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Twitter was literally on the path to doing that pre musk. Subscription included the ability to edit and make longer tweets.

quovadis said:
www.reuters.com

Elon Musk seeks to end $258 billion Dogecoin lawsuit

Elon Musk asked a U.S. judge on Friday to throw out a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency Dogecoin.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
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Thats not going anywhere, silly lawsuit.
 
Lol what this now whenever I load twatter :ROFL:

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Claymore said:
It's not a case of being stingy. The old blue checks were there to verify that an account was verified as being legitimate, ie authenticity. Now that anyone can buy a checkmark, there's no verification that any account is legitimate.

Why should they pay for one when @nytlmes, @newyorktimes, and @nytmes can be "verified" too?
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Wrong. Because you have to pay for it it is sufficient proof that it is a real person linked to a bank account. That is the best verification you are going to get on the internet.

It is just no longer a status symbol. So leftist all over who like to pretend they believe in equality is upset when they lose their status symbols. Shame. They'll cry over it for a week or two and then just give in.

Don't know what your point is with the obvious misspellings of nytimes. So what if someone else can also create a twitter account? If a fake imitation actually does better than the real business then it isn't twitters fault.

Old twitter also sold verification marks. It was just more expensive.
 
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