SharonAWritesNov 6, 2022
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#DEVELOPING via NYT

Twitter said to delay changes to check mark badges until after midterm election

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/06/technology/twitter-verification-check-marks.html
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Twitter Said to Delay Changes to Check Mark Badges Until After Midterms

Users and employees had raised concerns that Elon Musk’s plan to give check marks to those who paid a monthly fee could be misused to sow discord.

Nov 6, 2022 at 7:43pmWeb
Show threadCharles GabaNov 6, 2022

@goodblue This is good news, of course, but does anyone buy that it was coincidental that Musk "just happened" to want it to go live tomorrow in the first place?

Was there some compelling business, marketing or technical reason why he HAD to start charging for fake verifications on 11/07/22 specifically? Obviously not since they're able to bump it by 2 days on a whim...

Show threadSuperTranNov 6, 2022
@charlesgaba @goodblue The whole thing screams election interference to me. I'm sort of concerned about what might happen here because it's hard to verify information over here.
Show threadMaryann 🌻Nov 6, 2022
@goodblue hopefully that is true because it will be a nightmare otherwise. #Musk wanted to do it Monday. He might have finally heard warnings from #twitter staff at the chaos that would follow.
Show threadMr. Bruno Nov 6, 2022
@goodblue I guess the bird wasn't done yet. They shoved it back into the oven. #BirdCage
Show threadJoeNov 6, 2022
@goodblue Probably GOP politicians asked Elon to do this because they are afraid of massive last minute trolling. Musk wouldn't listen to requests from anyone else.