Battling Fake Accounts, Twitter to Slash Millions of Followers

Re:Battling Fake Accounts, Twitter to Slash Millions of Foll... by gaius on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:11AM (#17512131)

There's really only one solution to Twitter's problem, and anything short of it is just nonsense placating. They have to open up profile verificatio

There’s another solution: the platform is free if you have less than n followers or follow less than n users. Say n is 15 for example. Above that you pay for every tweet. On a sliding scale, say the first tweet/day is 5c, the 10th is $1. They could even ditch scammy advertising - brands who wanted to “engage” would simply pay directly to tweet.

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Re:Battling Fake Accounts, Twitter to Slash Millions of Foll... by swvjeff on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:50AM (#17512251)

I'm sorry but that is just a horrendous idea unless N is a very high number

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Re:Battling Fake Accounts, Twitter to Slash Millions of Foll... by gaius on Thursday July 12, 2018 @03:27AM (#17512826)

Why do you think so? It would solve all Twitter’s financial and social/cultural problems practically overnight

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Re:Battling Fake Accounts, Twitter to Slash Millions of Foll... by deadmetheny on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:53PM (#17516447)

Twitter needs its users infinitely more than Twitter's users need Twitter. Charging anyone to use the service at all is counter-productive.

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