Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do now

Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by tick_tock_tick on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:27PM (#35472383)

What kind of odds are people thinking for the New York Times signing back up for a checkmark in the next year or so.

90% 95% 99%?

It's a really funny hill for them to die on and it will look horrible when they cave.

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Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by orzig on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:38PM (#35472527)

Sounds like you have a strong opinion. Good news: You can now put your (fake) money where your mouth is: https://manifold.markets/Shai/will-the-new-york-times-be-ver...

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Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by paulgb on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:34PM (#35472469)

> It's a really funny hill for them to die on and it will look horrible when they cave.

“They” being twitter, or NYT?

I don’t understand the game Elon is playing with them; why would they even want to be verified now that it doesn’t serve any verification purpose except to prove that they have $8/month to spend on verification.

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Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by bubblethink on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:40PM (#35472554)

Twitter wants to sell enterprise subscriptions to enterprises. The feature set will be refined and segmented over time. What game is NY-I-will-detect-incognito-Times to show ads and limit access playing here ?

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Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:19PM (#35473097)

> The feature set will be refined and segmented over time.

What is the current feature set that they would now be paying for? Not what is promised, what is currently delivered.

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Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by drstewart on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:46PM (#35472627)

> doesn’t serve any verification purpose

But once it serves a signal boosting purpose, it may start to really matter to organizations like the NY Times.

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Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by paulgb on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:14PM (#35473032)

Because it’s a way to buy algorithmic preference, the blue check has already subconsciously taken on the same association in my brain that “promoted” at the bottom of a tweet has.

If more notable accounts drop the check, and more grifters buy in for the algorithmic preference, it wouldn’t surprise me if the signaling value of the check goes negative. (Currently my “for you” tab is full of linkedin-quality posts from blue check accounts)

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Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by kadoban on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:46PM (#35472628)

> I don’t understand the game Elon is playing with them; why would they even want to be verified now that it doesn’t serve any verification purpose except to prove that they have $8/month to spend on verification.

I'm sure Twitter will move important account functions behind the paywall soon, especially for things that businesses need. There will probably be a business-specific higher tier that's needed as well.

Hopefully companies will resist this.

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Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by nickthegreek on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:18PM (#35473080)

It would be $1,000/month for NYT to have a badge, not $8. And $50 per employee.

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Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by Cenk on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:40PM (#35472549)

I’ll take that bet

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