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0 pointsjjfoooo63y ago0 comments

Elon completely miss the point in this exchange, which is that Twitter needs people like Stephen King far more than people like Stephen King need Twitter. Why should Stephen King care about how Twitter pays it's bills?

The entire point of the blue check is that Twitter has an impersonation problem, what happens when some fraction of users find it worth paying $8 to impersonate a celebrity?

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ethanbond3y ago

And simultaneously some fraction of celebrities don’t find it worth it to pay $8 to prevent it. Muddies the water both directions.

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0 pointsjjfoooo63y ago0 comments

The entire point of the blue check is that Twitter has an impersonation problem, what happens when some fraction of users find it worth paying $8 to impersonate a celebrity?

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ethanbond3y ago

And simultaneously some fraction of celebrities don’t find it worth it to pay $8 to prevent it. Muddies the water both directions.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse