Elon doesn’t care because he agrees with them.
I mean this is already unsurprising given how easy it was to get a blue checkmark as a journalist back when it was Twitter.
Literally any media corporation could get it for any of their employees. But for anyone else, you had to pay thousands to get a middleman who had a contact at twitter to verify you. It was such a weird system.
Well, I mean, didn’t he change the standards for what it takes to get a blue checkmark? This is no surprise to me.
This definitely feels le sampling bias to me. What percentage of xhitter as a whole is paying for blue checks? What percentage of information regarding the war from blue checks is true? How does that compare with the same figure for non paying customers?
Lol no shit
Blue Blocker is a great extension for anyone still using Twitter.
About everyone (including several news sites) have produced false/misleading claims about who launched which rocket and how many were killed and all the other stuff, because this fight is messy, and both sides want to look good.
How many of those misinformers just copied from another source that’s supposed to be more trusted?
There’s a lot of BS from both sides.
Everyone continuing to use Twitter/X is thereby materially supporting fascism. That’s what the service exists for today.
Take these fascists for example: https://twitter.com/ACLU
Edit: apparently this is needed: /s
Yes, and? They should stop.
/s?
Yeah… I didn’t think we needed that here.
Me too until the last wk has become very confusing.
You take bolder shortcuts than me on Mario Kart
Shocking.
I’m shocked, shocked! Well, not that shocked.
It’s almost as if paying for a trusted or verified badge makes it easier to spread misinformation
He claims that paying helps eliminate bots, there’s no way he truly believes that or he is dumber than given credit for. The entities that are interested in disinformation have deep pockets. Most of disinformation on Facebook was done by paying them.
But then unemployed facebook moms can’t spread their misinformation about whatever it is that’s virally spreading that week.
Musk knows, he just wants to make money.
Why though? How is his life any different if he makes more money?
Because Twitter owes more in interest on the loans he took to buy it than it makes every month and he needs to dig himself out of a financial black hole.
If twatter turns a profit he looks good (to simps). If it craters he looks like he fucked up.
Two words for Lonnie: clown shoes
He can say he makes more money for one. /s
What has been his motivation since becoming a millionaire? Money gives him control over others.
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Of a state actor is going to pay for a disinformation opp, $8 an account for signal boost is a no brainier.
The moment it became paid to be official was the moment spammers and worse thought they would become recognised as trustworthy. Nowadays if it’s blue dont believe anything they say.
So a large amount of dipshits who’re are stupid or vicious enough to pay for blue, digital checkmarks are largely posting false content that is believed by other dipshits who get their knowledge just by a degenerated social media platform like twitter?
Call me surprised… /s
Only fake people need to convince other people they are real
As planned though! Elon Musk doesn’t care about misinfo as long as aligns with his politics.
