Disagree completely. Musk's shown his politics, has seen the value of moving the mob, has backed his DeSantian horse and more than likely will engineer the platform to sway elections that favor his interests. There's the value in he platform, putting in power a party that cuts taxes and subsidizes industries/companies they favor
Which really begs the question. Will fake Stephen King be able to purchase a "blue mark" if legitimate Stephen King refuses to do so? Now the fake account has the "legitimacy" of a renowned name because they paid for their speech?
Let's discuss the existing Twitter Blue paid service. The primary reason people pay $4.99 per month is to go ad-free. The other capabilities such as being able to edit a tweet rather than deleting it & reposting don't add much value for users. The primary draw was ad-free articles. Musk does not seem to understand this. Twitter to deny Blue subscribers access to ad-free articles Twitter Blue was launched in June last year as the platform’s first subscription service https://www.financialexpress.com/in...rs-access-to-ad-free-articles-report/2763581/ Twitter Inc, which was acquired last week by billionaire Elon Musk, will no longer allow subscribers of its Blue service to access ad-free articles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. Twitter Blue was launched in June last year as the platform’s first subscription service that offered exclusive access to premium features, including an option to edit tweets. The service allowed subscribers to read articles from some publishers without advertisements. The social media platform also made an edit button available to paid subscribers in the United States last month. Twitter is planning more changes to its Blue subscription plan that costs $4.99 per month, including making user verification a part of the paid service, according to media reports. Musk on Tuesday in a reply to author Stephen King asked if $8 was an amount he would pay for being a verified user, adding that charging a fee was the only way to “defeat the bots & trolls”. Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Man, I have not seen GWB this fired up since Fauci's Wuhan Lab buddies unleashed covid on to the world!!!!
He's livid because now he can't say "Twitter rejected and banned your source, proving that it was misinformation!" The dude relies on the narrative remaining intact, and its been disintegrating around him for the last 8 months.
Will be interesting to see what happens. What was their reasoning? Stop advertising suddenly because Musk owns it? Seems rather....political in nature. At the end of the day, these companies will have the data to see how many interactions their adverts bring them, and whether they make the decision to cut those interactions because of some silly recommendation or whether it makes financial good sense...
So Musk believes he can monetize the platform by selling ads while also facilitating its transition to a fact free hellscape that no reputable agency would let their blue chip clients within 1,000 miles of. Yeah... that's a plan that will work. (Hint: sarcasm) Let's see how "free speech" is doing on Musk's Twitter. They even have a term for it now "Musked"