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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by dd36 on Monday April 25, 2022 @11:00AM (#31155817)
Huh? I’m not following. Why would this hurt revenue?

Authenticated real people are more valuable to advertisers.

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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by yywwbbn on Monday April 25, 2022 @11:53AM (#31156631)
Did WhatsApp have Ads? I thought all their income was from subscriptions?

If it’s only for verification they, yeah, they might be fine as long as the verification fee is optional.

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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by dd36 on Monday April 25, 2022 @01:03PM (#31157694)
I do not believe they are literally applying the WhatsApp model. The point was that small amounts of money are tolerable in a network effect.
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