Twitter C/D

he has not realized that only a small percentage of people share one of his chief derangements, aka “poster’s disease “

Thisisfine.jpg etc

I can practically *feel* the coming uptick in scamming. pic.twitter.com/H1h0j76nUb

— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) April 20, 2023

I understand the principled objection to paying for a platform that relies exclusively on user-generated content, but I do think there was a time when people might have paid for a premium tier of Twitter. And not even a verified check necessarily, just access to better features. The problem is that the platform isn't what it used to be. Lots of people have left. It doesn't feel as dynamic anymore -- not as fun and freewheeling as it was the early 2010s and not as ~vital~ as it seemed in the late 2010s. A bunch of people who are paying for Twitter are convinced that legacy verified users are refusing to pay as a form of virtue signaling, and maybe it's true that many of them don't want to outright support Elon because of who he is, but I'd guess that for most of them the current state of the platform just isn't worth it.

Huh if you're not logged in, looks like they finally killed browsing any trending areas (lmao looks like search as well) – clicking any trending topic or search attempt takes you to a login page. Wild gambit for account growth.

― ヽ（´ー｀）┌ (CompuPost), Friday, April 21, 2023 10:04 AM (fifty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yeah, even though I no longer have an account, I would still search for things on Twitter from time to time. Now all that's visible are Elon Musk, pictures of dogs, and other twitter randos.

it's just insulting to them, people are constantly trying to get celebrities to do interviews, come to this party, come to this event, do something for this media outlet, this social media platform, etc etc., here's a gift bag worth $5k

so they are just like this mf freak wants me to PAY?

that's really all it is

Also, if some people aren't paying simply as a fuck-you to Elon, well, there's a reason why most CEOs don't act like annoying edgelords.

i don't think elon gets out much? definitely not used to rubbing elbows with other important or famous people, certainly not ones in media. if you wanted to destroy twitter, i couldn't think of a better plan than to get this mfer to buy it. i'm still locked in a "verification" test that doesn't work. i'm relieved my habit is blocked tbh.

the scarlet checkmark is so toxic that people are begging twitter to remove it pic.twitter.com/38QH6evMjB

— Shawn Hils (@ShawnHils) April 21, 2023

xp he did sort of date a pop star, but one who is also a cringe dipshit

xp

https://filmquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/inglourious_basterds_featured.jpg

surprised no one has linked to this essay yet:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/magazine/twitter-dying.html

Among all twitter's users, journalists are almost the only group who view it as critical infrastructure.

Update for the day after: just before the purge yesterday, 19,469 of the 407k legacy verified accounts I had identified in early April had Twitter Blue. Today that number for those same accounts is 19,497, for a net increase of 28 accounts.

— Travis Brown (@travisbrown) April 21, 2023

epic win

So now we know how many accounts Elon bought.

these guys lecturing people on the good business of giving them $8 is so funny

Simplest way for corporate journalists to get blue checks en masse would be for their organizations to go gold and affiliate them. Stop pretending this is a personal expense. It’s a business expense. https://t.co/nXEK2YcT2x

— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) April 21, 2023

If you’re a business executive or an entertainer who makes money from your persona in some way, $8 a month for twitter is objectively the greatest bargain in the world.

If you get 1 new fan a year or a new customer every decade it pays for itself many times over.

— @jason (@Jason) April 21, 2023

thanks @jason (@Jason)

How many do you forego from paying to associate with utter loserism

For $8 a month you could also buy some manure to smear on your face

lol, I'm getting a 'this page is down' error for every embedded tweet I've clicked on today. Is Elon trying to cure everyone of any lingering interest in the site? I guess I should thank him.

Starting to wonder if this is some Brewsters Millions scenario where he will inherit an even bigger and better business if he manages to completely tank Twitter in six months. He has less than a week to go but I have to say he's doing a pretty good job.

wonder how much @jason paid for his ALL IN badge

absolute home run of a post, knocked it out of the park, no notes pic.twitter.com/US3n457Vuz

— sam (dependent thinker) 🆗 (@CobrastanGuy) April 21, 2023

jfc

Elon needs to figure out how to make users pay for a 'Christian fish' icon or a 'right-wing patriot' icon as an upgrade to the plain blue check, which isn't nearly tribal enough.

Pay double to get a RED MAGA check

If George Washington were alive today he'd have one of those eagle crest thingies like Obama

George Washington would certainly agree with Elon Musk on some things.

after he had a panic attack and shit his pants at the modern world

If this site is ever sold to someone competent and as a result stays afloat, you will still see screenshots of this tweet posted 10 years from now https://t.co/g3Uas0gJUn pic.twitter.com/9JPsEBDPQU

— Emoji Caresser (@LizRummy) April 21, 2023

Carnivore diet be like

pretty big lol that shadow-banning is now official Twitter policy

We’re adding more transparency to the enforcement actions we take on Tweets. As a first step, soon you’ll start to see labels on some Tweets identified as potentially violating our rules around Hateful Conduct letting you know that we’ve limited their visibility. 🧵…

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) April 17, 2023

extremely off-putting reptilian tech guy with vaguely dutch accent: I find it interesting that the celebs will not pay for the blue checkmark, and yet they want us to "pay" attention to them.
70 year old man banned from multiple pep boys: there just jealous .

— grown man who calls the ground “the floor” (@boring_as_heck) April 21, 2023

i kind of want to get back on twitter and get a blue checkmark

buy low

I've only got $7, gonna start a GoFundMe

I’m an american PATRIOT

I don’t need DISNEY

I do my own RESEARCH

school boards FEAR me

I will SHOOT a case of WOKE BEER

I don’t need my ESTRANGED FAMILY

I won’t give out M&M’s at HALLOWEEN

I pay for a BLUE CHECK to support FREEDOM
and if you don’t like it LEAVE

— kilgore trout, lawsuit time (@KT_So_It_Goes) April 21, 2023

New board description

Bonding through complaining isn’t connection.

— Dr. Nicole LePera (@Theholisticpsyc) April 18, 2023

Amazing NYT article, thank you k3vin k

reminder that if too many elon paypigs block you, twitter will deboost your account, giving you an incentive to #BlockTheBlue before they can block you. pic.twitter.com/AsLdSNzoPW

— jenny_tightpants🪑 (@halomancer1) April 21, 2023

kind of feels like these people want a participation trophy and they're paying for their own

idc if elon deboosts me anyone using the algo timeline is fake to me

From a friend still employed at Twitter. Things are a little hectic! pic.twitter.com/8V6HaVEZpO

— jordan (@jdan) April 21, 2023

Hope this is true 😄

the text that was half cropped out at the bottom!

wtf haha

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuR6f1YWIAAcdES?format=jpg&name=small

has Sesame Street ever been not political?

Yes, his avatar is a photo of him and Jordan Peterson

are children plebs? because Sesame Street is for the children

a Jordan Peterson fan being into Jim Henson creations sounds otm though

children are the ultimate plebs