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Re:Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter by bequanna on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:15PM (#33399445)
Not really an obstacle to tweeting.

It’s nothing other than making people pay for a status symbol.

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Re:Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter by lesuorac on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:45PM (#33399773)
Hopefully not. At 5$ I would hope they would actually check the account marked as verified is actually the individual/etc that they claim to be ...
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Re:Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter by williamsmj on Sunday October 30, 2022 @07:02PM (#33399950)
It’s a status symbol now. If it becomes a paid feature of privately owned Twitter then, whether they like it or not, it’s going to become a badge that says the owner supports an incredibly divisive specific person.
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