hlve t1_j9adben wrote on February 20, 2023 at 1:56 PM

Reply to comment by HannyBo9 in Meta will also sell blue badge on Instagram and Facebook by asteriskspace

> Remember the outrage when Elon announced this on twitter.

There was some outrage, but mostly showed trends of people buying the subscription so their account seemed more important.

Elon gets outrage because Elon is an outrageous person. Not because he introduced a pay service for users who want to buy it.

hlve t1_j9ad648 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 1:54 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Meta will also sell blue badge on Instagram and Facebook by asteriskspace

> Toxic companies are just holding everyone hostage at this point

...How is this them holding anyone hostage? They're offering an additional service for people who want to use their website. It's not required in order to use the website.

Is it dumb? sure. but hostage holding, or price gouging for more money? Absolutely not...

hlve t1_j9acqa7 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 1:51 PM

Reply to comment by tloxscrew in Meta will also sell blue badge on Instagram and Facebook by asteriskspace

If section 230 is overturned, FB and any other website on the internet can be held responsible for what their users post. As it currently stands, they're not. It doesn't have anything to do with this change. This change wouldn't protect Facebook from that.