Aaron K.May 14, 2023
James Gleick

“The largest percentage of Twitter Blue subscribers are people whose identity as howlingly obvious marks seems to have supplanted virtually everything else about them. They are drawn to Elon for the same reason that moths crisp themselves on lightbulbs.”

Where Twitter is at. Very good. https://defector.com/burning-down-the-house

Burning Down The House | Defector

The overheated register in which Silicon Valley types have tended to talk about Twitter is how they always talk about whatever they are selling, right before they move on to selling something else.

May 14, 2023 at 5:20pmWeb
Show threadKroshnit🇺🇦May 14, 2023
@JamesGleick this is a work of art.
Show threadScott KnowlesMay 14, 2023
@JamesGleick Question fedefal regulators are looking at is Musk's misuse of Blue Checkmark. People are supposed to pay for service but Musk gives it away to many people, especially celebrities. Regulators want to see numbers, meaning if subscribes don't match subscription revenue. This is illegal. We'll see.
Show thread@david_j_rothMay 14, 2023
@JamesGleick Thanks very much, this is a powerful co-sign.
Show thread72mzMay 14, 2023
@JamesGleick
I'm not missing twitter.
Show threadMael DuinMay 14, 2023

@JamesGleick

I was looking at some #twitter threads for the first time in ages the other day.

For pretty much every blue tick my reaction was "who the f*** are you?"

A lot of them had around 100-200 followers.

So they're verified what? Reply guy? Occasional blog writer?

As an ex-twitter reply guy I don't think anybody ever needed verification of my status.