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cntrlaltdel33t t1_jdh802e wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verification Badges in April, Leaving Only Paying Subscribers With Blue Check-Marks by 08830

It would be clever if that many people would actually pay for it… the fact that anyone can pay for a check mark means the check mark will become worthless. It used to be a way to verify the source of a tweet to some extent; it’s now becoming just a symbol that you pay twitter $8 a month, or however much it is.

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[deleted] t1_jdha89e wrote

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thepaleblue t1_jdhy3c6 wrote

Twitter was making about $28 million from subscribers at the end of last year. Not sure how much it costs to keep the lights on since Musk fired 75% of the staff, but it would easily be above $1 billion. Add to that a drop in ad revenue from driving the "normies" away, it just doesn't stack up to a sustainable business.

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stormwave6 t1_jdk4s0t wrote

The only value the checkmark has now is to show the world you're a fucking idiot.

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