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Re:Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter by throw_m239339 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:17PM (#33399483)
> Those verified active users are the lifeblood of the platform, but there can't be that many of them to justify rolling unnecessary obstacles in front of them.

They bring money to Twitter how exactly? That whole "verified" scheme was always a joke, given who gets to be verified or unverified. Either it's about real identities or it's a worthless ideology approval badge.

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Re:Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter by nequo on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:45PM (#33399772)
> They bring money to Twitter how exactly?

They draw an audience to the platform and they tweet things that journalists want to write about which is free advertising for Twitter that draws more of an audience.

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