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  You make it sound as though Musk showed Fuckerberg it's possible to monetize gullible people. But I think you'll find it was the other way round [elle.com].

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    But it was Zuck teenage version, Melon musk is +50 years old and seems as mature as zuck in his 20s. Melon is one of the worst thing in the world, you can't compare him to zuck.

  • You make it sound as though Musk showed Fuckerberg it's possible to monetize gullible people. But I think you'll find it was the other way round [elle.com].

    There's a difference between handing over data and money. Most people don't give 2 shits about their data but wouldn't hand over even $5 if they could avoid it. That is what makes paying for checkmarks so significant.

    Zuckerberg may have started down this road, but Musk showed just how far you can push the envelope. Social media was always predicated on having to monetise users, no one anticipated they'd be happy to get billed directly.

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  Ok, so, this comes from someone who's never used social media....

  Why would anyone want a "blue badge" on their account and what would make it worth paying extra for?

  What does verification do for you....don't you get verified when you log on by typing in the correct password?

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    It proves you are who you say you are.

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      The Meta Verified service will give users a blue badge after they verify their accounts using a government ID

      It proves you are who you say you are.

      Ok...I guess this must be a big deal for some people.

      I would think most folks would want to be more anonymous, especially from all the crap I hear people post on those things....

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        Yeah, to each their own, of course. My problem (well, one of my problems) with things like Twitter, you have no clue if you're engaging with a real person or some bot or actor paid to push an agenda.

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      That was the original intent. It turned into something much worse. It ended up becoming a kind of weird nobility system of titles and rank, conferred by Twitter employees to protect and promote those they favored, and to punish those they didn't.

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    Here was the problem with Elon's plan. https://techcrunch.com/2022/11... [techcrunch.com] And the free insulin tweet because anyone could buy a blue check. https://www.forbes.com/sites/b... [forbes.com]

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    For normal discourse, I can't imagine a lot. But I gotta admit I'd have parted with $8 happily to make something like this https://www.forbes.com/sites/p... [forbes.com]

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    Social media is a popularity contest, and this is a badge. I don't use it either though so I might be completely wrong.
    
    I can see it being useful for businesses. "See we really are 'Home Depot' and that 'Home Dept' guy selling discount power tools isn't even verified."

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    The only legit use-case I can see for this is if you're a celebrity on Facebook and you don't want fake accounts pretending to be you posting stuff you never posted. But Facebook should really be shutting those accounts down, not trying to get money from legitimate people.

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    There's no good reason unless you make money on social media. Tens of thousands do, at least.

    It differentiates you from the trolls and scammers who are trying to impersonate you. I mean, not you, but people worth impersonating.

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      It differentiates you from the trolls and scammers who are trying to impersonate you. I mean, not you, but people worth impersonating.

      LOL...good one!!

      Have a great weekend Drinkypoo....

      See ya next week.

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    Been to a theme park recently? People will pay significantly more just for a slightly closer parking space. Then of course, once you get inside the park it's an entire day filled with... walking.

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  Musk is not the stable genius you seem to think. Twitter moved away from being verified by hand, to being verified because you paid. Anyone can claim to be @theRealSlimShady if they pay the fee. They're taking verification out of the picture because the literally laid off all the people who used to do this. So the new Twitter badge means nothing more than that you paid. It's also not popular, and people still rely on the old badge (despite Musk claiming he'd get rid of it).

  Twitter is precarious right no

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    They could paywall some features, they could take a cut from marketplace listings, they could add new services and paywall those. As more and more people install adblockers to defend themselves from all the various bad things about advertisements, they're going to have to figure out a new revenue stream anyway.