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Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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hello639 wrote: post #706
thepasswordis wrote: post #686

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>Elon is the PM from hell. And yet his companies are some of the most difficult to get a job at. Interesting.

> And yet his companies are some of the most difficult to get a job at. Interesting. It’s more difficult to get a tech job at FBI/CIA than Google. Does that make the US government a more desirable place to work? As an aside, top talent definitely does NOT work at Elon’s companies. Top talent knows that “a good company mission” does not pay for rent, mortgage, or daycare.

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Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by cocoland2 »

General question, There is so much toxicity in Twitter (even on Linkedin) and very little sane conversation (May be not just twitter, many social networks in general). For example recently saw someone post with POTUS on some ground breaking work on Immunotherapy for cancer (this was their 8 year research), replies and comments were outright bad to vulgar (did he smell your hair! went one). Mind you this was not a 4th grader but senior staff, well educated MBA's. Has social media become a frustration venting outlet? Pretty sure one would come out of the browsing experience exhausted! Who would use this for 8 USD a month! P.S. not on any social network except for messaging apps (once a day with notifications off)

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by barbariangrunge »

dan-robertson wrote: post #285

The dynamics on Twitter are quite weird. There’s a small number of users with potentially lots of followers for whom Twitter is an important part of their work or life. If you’re a journalist, being on Twitter is basically part of your job so maybe you should have to pay a bit more just like the customer of some business software ($100 pa seems pretty cheap there). Indeed maybe media publications should be paying for…

> Half as many ads $8/month and you don’t even get ads removed?

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by tptacek »

cvwright wrote: post #773
tptacek wrote: post #659

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No. His last major film, from 2019, had the second-highest opening weekend of any horror film in history. His work might not be relevant to you (it's not especially relevant to me), but we're back in motivated unreality when we start talking about him being culturally irrelevant, or that "nobody knows he's still alive".

Are you referring to the second It movie? That was based on a book from 1986. Nearly 40 years ago.

Yes. It's a movie from 2019. Stephen King appears in it. I agree: his cultural impact in American is significant enough that books he wrote nearly 40 years ago are the bases for moves that set opening records today. It's pretty nuts!

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by [deleted] »

mecha_ghidorah wrote: post #611
robryan wrote: post #467

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Sells them on the mission. Things like a colony on Mars and full self driving are pretty compelling goals for some people.

Yeah but I feel like "work on twitter" is way less of a .... shall we say noble/socially fulfilling job. I'd value working on sending people to mars (not to live, just to do a walk on it), it'd make me part of something historic. One day people would write books and make documentaries about the work done to make it happen, and even if I weren't featured for the entire rest of my life if I could tell people "I worked…

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Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by tptacek »

cvwright wrote: post #774
ziddoap wrote: post #724

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> So really no I wouldn't hear of him I guess if you never step foot into a library, bookstore, movie theatre, etc. Sure. King does not sell books because of his presence on a social network. He sold 350 million copies of his books before Twitter was even invented. "die hard fans" the only ones to hear of King? Big lol.

He wrote his best works before most of his readers were online at all. He’s highly culturally relevant, but not because of anything he’s done lately.

This is just special pleading. You need to do better than "I don't care about his recent work".

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by oaththrowaway »

cocoland2 wrote: post #782

General question, There is so much toxicity in Twitter (even on Linkedin) and very little sane conversation (May be not just twitter, many social networks in general). For example recently saw someone post with POTUS on some ground breaking work on Immunotherapy for cancer (this was their 8 year research), replies and comments were outright bad to vulgar (did he smell your hair! went one). Mind you this was not a 4th…

Why is commenting about smelling hair vulgar, but not the actual POTUS smelling hair?

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by monksy »

slimebot80 wrote: post #503
arkades wrote: post #445

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Stephen King’s tweet on that topic, to summarize: “ $20 a month to keep my blue check? Fuck that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.” https://twitter.com/stephenking/status/1587042605627490304?s...

Totally right. And Musk's answer was to offer $8/m King wasn't talking about paying anything

He's trying to anchor it and make the situation look better so it's "more reasonable."

Realistically.. is it worth more than 4$ a month? Probably not. Why would you pay 8 for that?

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Post by shmde »

criddell wrote: post #107
thorum wrote: post #24

Blue checkmarks are not just about verification and extra features. They’re a status symbol. They mean you are cool and notable enough to deserve one according the shadowy and mysterious Twitter checkmark committee. If they become a commodity that anyone with a little money can buy, they lose a big part of their appeal to the average person.

> They’re a status symbol. They mean you are cool and notable Is that what you think when you see a blue check?

Not OP. But definitely yes. I feel that person is maybe important and if they are talking about lets say tech/vidya I lookup their names on google to find out more about them. They are definitely a status symbol and like a seal of approval that the person is well known in whatever field they are in.

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by MAGZine »

darknavi wrote: post #688
sillysaurusx wrote: post #668

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Wait till it freezes in winter. Those doors are great, till they’re covered in a small layer of ice. The doors are an interesting example since they always seemed strictly worse than the traditional design, unlike the rest of the car.

Do the falcon doors really freeze up or just the handles (actually curious). I have a Model 3 and the handles DO freeze over, though I normally pre-heat my car (EV FTW) and it normally isn't an issue.

i've lived in cold places where i've worried about breaking the handle off trying to get into my car. usually in the early spring when the warm sun can melt snow, but it has time to freeze as well.
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