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Re:Twitter Blue for $8/Month by enumjorge on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @06:06PM (#33428252)
To your point here's a tweet from Stephen King that was making the rounds where he protests the idea that he should be paying Twitter instead of the reverse: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587312517679878144
Re:Twitter Blue for $8/Month by oska on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @06:37PM (#33428649)
Where does Stephen King go if he's not on twitter ?

(Genuine question, not rhetorical)

Re:Twitter Blue for $8/Month by slimebot80 on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @07:01PM (#33428951)
He's got a dedicated audience reading millions of his books.

Quite a lot of his twitter presence is reactions to the decline in America and America's politics. Musk would probably prefer King's voice quietened.

Re:Twitter Blue for $8/Month by notatoad on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @08:17PM (#33429785)
anywhere or nowhere else. do you think tweeting is really an essential part of Stephen King's professional or personal life? he could just stop.

he's a famous author. he's got a website, a publisher with an advertising budget, and other social media channels. his audience will follow him. he can post on facebook, his mailing list, his own website, or none of the above.

Re:Twitter Blue for $8/Month by encryptluks2 on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @06:35PM (#33428613)
And I agree with Stephen King. YouTube rewards content creators and provides a strong platform for creators to market themselves. Twitter provides a platform for brain farts and now they want to charge for a blue checkmark. I guess Musk believes if people are stupid enough to believe in his lies before that they'll be stupid enough to pay for a blue checkmark.

Wait until you see how they begin marketing the subscription.. it will be ridiculous. Might as well be trying to sell snake oil.

Re:Twitter Blue for $8/Month by drstewart on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @06:44PM (#33428746)
How much profit does YouTube make?
Re:Twitter Blue for $8/Month by encryptluks2 on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @10:23PM (#33430745)
Revenue or profit? I don't know how much profit they make but their revenue is significantly more than Twitter
Re:Twitter Blue for $8/Month by Melting_Harps on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @06:51PM (#33428824)
> Might as well be trying to sell snake oil.

Look at LV 'hyperloop' [0], and people who paid upfront for FSD [1] and are issuing a class action lawsuit and re-think what you just said about 'might.' I think this isn't about Tesla or SpaceX or any specific company he is CEO of as they are all amazing feats of tech/engineering, it's about Elon's horrible PT Barnum type marketing that worked for a bit but has lost all of it's luster at this point.

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htJcPEXn040 1: jhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htJcPEXn040