Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter

Re:Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter by tfsh on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:04PM (#33399302)

a 4.99 monthly expense for accounts have who'm are likely to be world leaders, public figures, large organisations and the odd charity/public good insitute is not a steap price.

Statistically, of course it's a large increase. However from a business perspective I do not think so. A quick search indicates there are 294,000 accounts, and at 4.99 a month that would yield Twitter $1,467,060 a month, which is hardly anything. Especially as I imagine ~10-15% of those accounts will decide to forgo the badge, either in protest or because they just don't care.

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Re:Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter by bombcar on Sunday October 30, 2022 @07:17PM (#33400074)

If you're verified on Twitter and not getting $5 a month value out of it, what even are you really doing there?

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Re:Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter by pessimizer on Sunday October 30, 2022 @07:24PM (#33400117)

At current numbers, yes, but a lot more people might want to be verified if Musk decides that the only qualifications are that you are who you say you are, and that you're willing to prove it to twitter.

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Re:Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter by watwut on Monday October 31, 2022 @01:44PM (#33409589)

Nah, they are mostly very minor public figures and that is stretching definition of public figure for most. Majority is nowhere near to anyone big or important.

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