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Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by _djo_ »

carbine wrote: post #497
UncleMeat wrote: post #336

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He's owned Twitter for a few days. He threw out $20 and then adjusted it down to $8, seemingly based on feedback. Did he already know that $8 was the appropriate amount? Was there already some internal analysis done that he is just piggy-backing on? It certainly seems like Musk is making big changes literally moments after arriving on scene.

yes great point, without a doubt he put together $44B and never once thought about what he would do once he acquired it.

The messages shared as part of the trial don't show a particularly rigorous or deep level of thought regarding what to do with Twitter once he acquired it.

One would hope that still took place, but the haphazard approach so far doesn't provide much confidence that it did.

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by IncRnd »

auntienomen wrote: post #567
IncRnd wrote: post #550

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I would.

King writes 300-500 page novels at an age when most people are retired. 240 characters here and there is not evidence of much effort for him.

whoops! I misread, and didn't see the reference to King. I had thought it was a personal reference. Thank you!

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by IncRnd »

bandyaboot wrote: post #619
IncRnd wrote: post #544

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> That's the core problem with this approach. Elon and others have the idea in their head that Twitter is a social graph where people come to interact with each other, and everyone is relatively equal. I doubt you know what thoughts Elon has in his head. He likely has ideas for changes, similar to the linked page. After all, he purchased the company in order to make changes.

He purchased the company because his lawyers finally convinced him he was going to be forced to and that it was a poor choice to continue damaging the asset he was going to be owning.

That's your belief. It is quite likely that the court actions were mean to pressure twitter. That isn't an uncommon tactic. The two facts we know are that Musk stated he would purchase twitter to make changes, and he has started to make changes after the purchase.

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by cvwright »

tptacek wrote: post #784
cvwright wrote: post #773

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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!

We were talking about Twitter.

Twitter needs LeBron James and Taylor Swift and the latest Kpop stars.

It has a sort of symbiotic relationship with world leaders and journalists.

But it does not really need people like James Woods and Kevin Sorbo (to pick two from the other end of the political spectrum). Same goes for 90s grunge bands or 80s hair bands. I fully expect those guys to pay to try to stay relevant. And I would put famous authors from the 70s and 80s in the same category.

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by matwood »

awb wrote: post #554
matwood wrote: post #417

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> When everyone can buy a checkmark, it becomes nothing Where does it say everyone can buy a checkmark without verification? I read this as everyone can be verified, which is a good thing. And, it will go a long way to killing off the bots.

I think anyone can, because later he mentions: > There will be a secondary tag below the name for someone who is a public figure, which is already the case for politicians https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587527711228149765 So, secondary tags are the new verification checkmarks and checkmarks are the new "Twitter+" status symbol.

Everyone can be verified, and still need a way to tell who is the famous Michael Bolton.

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by s_ting765 »

dragonwriter wrote: post #845
s_ting765 wrote: post #341

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> So you want to instead do the exact opposite – ask the consumers to pay and fund your creators with that money. I think it's only Onlyfans that can get away with such a business model.

> > So you want to instead do the exact opposite – ask the consumers to pay and fund your creators with that money. > I think it’s only Onlyfans that can get away with such a business model. OnlyFans is not (by far) the only site that has a business model of “consumers purchase from producers and the site rakes in a share from that”, nor even the only one (again, by far) with that model where what is purchased is dig…

How many people are willing to directly pay for content on those other platforms vs those who are not? Contrast that to Onlyfans' monetization success rate.

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by ChrisRR »

danpalmer wrote: post #14

The good: Twitter should not be editorally curating people through verification, making verification only about ID and being a real person is a broadly good change, as long as it's not necessary for participation. Brands, celebrities, those in the public eye could benefit from this. Needs to be implemented with care and ideally with a branding change so as not to confuse users as the semantics change. The bad: $8 is…

I already think twitter is the worst platform for conversation, the UI is only designed for shouting into the void

Every time I see a post it's just followed up by 100 meme gifs, not discussion.

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by koonsolo »

smcl wrote: post #523
koonsolo wrote: post #496

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Can you name the MrBeast or PewDiePie of twitter?

Yes his name is @dril and he is more powerful than 100 of your Misters Beast or Pewdies Pie

@dril seems to come close (I didn't know him, probably because he only has 1.7M followers).

On twitter he's only at place 5,391 (https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/dril).

MrBeast and PewDiePie are both millionaires ($40M-$100M) thanks to YouTube, and each have 111M followers, that's around 65x @dril.

Can you state exactly what you mean with @dril == 100 * Mister Beast?

Re: Twitter Blue for $8/Month

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Post by saagarjha »

koonsolo wrote: post #919
smcl wrote: post #523

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Yes his name is @dril and he is more powerful than 100 of your Misters Beast or Pewdies Pie

@dril seems to come close (I didn't know him, probably because he only has 1.7M followers). On twitter he's only at place 5,391 ( https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/dril ). MrBeast and PewDiePie are both millionaires ($40M-$100M) thanks to YouTube, and each have 111M followers, that's around 65x @dril. Can you state exactly what you mean with @dril == 100 * Mister Beast?

your problem is, that youre perfect, and everyone is jealous of your good posts, and that makes you rightfully upset.
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