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0 pointsAjedi323y ago0 comments

Agree with most of this, but:

> Paying $8 [...] At best this will reduce conversation quality on Twitter

Really? That seems completely contrary to my experience. In every online community I've seen, a higher barrier to entry has always been positively correlated with the quality of the conversation.

Not saying there won't be downsides to this, but I very much doubt a lower quality of conversation will be one of them.

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drawfloat3y ago

But it's not a higher barrier to entry – you can read and respond freely. It's a higher barrier to having a good experience, which I can't think of many successful examples of to be honest.

concinds3y ago

> respond freely

You can already filter out non-verified mentions and replies. Presumably that's not going away, and will be used by far more people after this change. It very much is a barrier to entry.

rhaway847733y ago

But the verified mention is no longer a verified mention. It’s a paid mention.

And the people most likely to pay to ensure that their responses are seen broadly are narcissists and people who want to sell you stuff like their latest get rich quick scheme, newsletter Subscription, etc.

Actual verified users will dwindle in comparisons and the value of filtering out non “verified” responses will plummet.

joegahona3y ago

> You can already filter out non-verified mentions and replies.

How?

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matwood3y ago

> you can read and respond freely

Sure, but I hope as mainly a reader of Twitter this change comes along with a box I can check that says 'only show Tweets from people I follow and those who are verified'. Overnight, most of my bot issues are fixed. And, any people I don't want to hear from again are easily blocked.

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thaumasiotes3y ago

Every commercial product and service is an example of that.

TeMPOraL3y ago

Yup. I'm gonna keep drumming this up: most markets today are supplier-driven. The "barrier to having a good experience" gets higher, and the experience gets worse, and there's shit all you can do about it, because you're only able to choose out of what's on the market, and the market isn't serving lower barrier / better experience options it did a month, year or decade ago.

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0 pointsAjedi323y ago0 comments

Agree with most of this, but:

> Paying $8 [...] At best this will reduce conversation quality on Twitter

Really? That seems completely contrary to my experience. In every online community I've seen, a higher barrier to entry has always been positively correlated with the quality of the conversation.

Not saying there won't be downsides to this, but I very much doubt a lower quality of conversation will be one of them.

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drawfloat3y ago

But it's not a higher barrier to entry – you can read and respond freely. It's a higher barrier to having a good experience, which I can't think of many successful examples of to be honest.

concinds3y ago

> respond freely

You can already filter out non-verified mentions and replies. Presumably that's not going away, and will be used by far more people after this change. It very much is a barrier to entry.

rhaway847733y ago

But the verified mention is no longer a verified mention. It’s a paid mention.

Actual verified users will dwindle in comparisons and the value of filtering out non “verified” responses will plummet.

joegahona3y ago

> You can already filter out non-verified mentions and replies.

How?

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matwood3y ago

> you can read and respond freely

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thaumasiotes3y ago

Every commercial product and service is an example of that.

TeMPOraL3y ago

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