Mike Masnick ✅How are we not talking about the fact that Musk thinks people should pay $20 PER MONTH to be verified... and that there might actually be enough suckers to do it.
Ian Ramjohn@mmasnick perhaps, but it would take over 4 million of them to cover the added $1 billion a year in debt payments. That seems like a lot
Ernie Smith@mmasnick Did you see how the friggin’ Slashdot account suggested bringing back Vine and Calacanis and Musk basically jumped all over it, complete with interest from MrBeast? Like, who runs a company like this?!?
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Quokka 🇦🇺@mmasnick so ~30 AUD?
Sreedev Krishnakumar@mmasnick turning the meaning of the blue tick from 'Yes, I am indeed that dude!' to "Look at me! I have money!"
Jesper Andersen@mmasnick nothing says “gotta solve the bot problem” like putting roadblocks towards proving identity
E Warren Fan@mmasnick hard to see how he gets enough cash flow to make the debt payments
AlisonW ♿🏳️🌈♾️@mmasnick Initially there will be lots of fanbois who think they always deserved a tick. But everyone else will see it as a stupid attempt to get some money.
🦃 Keith Wagner ✅@mmasnick anything for that blue checkmark
SecureWaffle🧇@mmasnick it's bonkers and is absolutely something billionaire would think of. There are plenty of people that should be verified that can't afford this extortion
Mans R@mmasnick Whether or not the thinks people SHOULD isn't clear, only that he thinks people WILL. I suspect he might be right.
That Anonymous Coward@mmasnick
something something a sucker and their money...
And playing in the back of my mind is a Bette Midler line...
"France - the country that gave us Renoir, Manet, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin - has hailed Jerry Lewis as a genius..."
I'm wondering what features are being cut for the cheap seats.
Ashton@mmasnick I still think he arrived at $20 by taking his debt obligations and dividing by the number of blue checks and then rounding.