Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification

Post by Nicksil » Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 2:04 AM UTC

muglug wrote: post #54

Even with the hiring freezes across Silicon Valley, good engineers will right now be trying to leave Twitter in droves. The stress of all this will have an additive effect, and make a salary cut more bearable if they have to change jobs. Instagram has about 20,000 employees. Twitter has about 7,500. How many of those can it lose before advertisers start leaving in droves? At that point, whatever monetisation strategy…

Post by tehlike » Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 2:04 AM UTC

MBCook wrote: post #56

paulpauper wrote: post #3

Considering it can cost thousand of dollars or time, such as sending documents, to verify accounts, this is a good deal , assuming it actually confers a blue checkmark and consequent privileges

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Post by joenot443 » Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 2:06 AM UTC

MBCook wrote: post #56

paulpauper wrote: post #3

Considering it can cost thousand of dollars or time, such as sending documents, to verify accounts, this is a good deal , assuming it actually confers a blue checkmark and consequent privileges

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Post by MBCook » Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 2:06 AM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #52

MBCook wrote: post #38

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Verification isn’t/wasn’t (supposed to be) about how often you used the platform. It was so journalists and celebrities and such could be identified and you could tell if you were intersecting with the genuine article or a fake account impersonating them. 90 days to sign up before people lose their check mark. So 90 days until the clones come out. I’m sure this has nothing to do with the MASSIVE amount of debt Twitte…

> I’m sure this has nothing to do with the MASSIVE amount of debt Twitter is now in and desperately needing money. The irony is that even if every current Verified user paid in, it'd still not do much for Twitter's debt.

Post by MBCook » Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 2:08 AM UTC

Nicksil wrote: post #66

MBCook wrote: post #56

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>So if [insert celebrity here] decides not to pay, I can now pay $20 to officially impersonate them as backed by Twitter. Do you have the necessary documentation to prove this identity? Aren't you concerned with violating federal laws?