Brendan NyhanNov 9, 2022

RT @[email protected]

@[email protected] 2/ @[email protected] pivots to verification:
— "The issue is that creating a fake account is just extremely cheap"
— "Charging $8/month raises the cost of a bot or troll somewhere btw $1k-$10k"
— He says it's not just the money. Bad actors, "don't have a million credit cards and phones"

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/sarafischer/status/1590405659505610752

Sara Fischer on Twitter

“@elonmusk 2/ @elonmusk pivots to verification: — "The issue is that creating a fake account is just extremely cheap" — "Charging $8/month raises the cost of a bot or troll somewhere btw $1k-$10k" — He says it's not just the money. Bad actors, "don't have a million credit cards and phones"”

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Show threadBrendan NyhanNov 9, 2022
Makes no sense unless you require everyone to subscribe... which kills the value of a social network whose value depends on a critical mass of users
Show threadPaul H. Goldstein
@brendannyhan If he is serious about this, it will be the death blow to Twitter
Nov 9, 2022 at 7:33pmWeb