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Dave Weigel@daveweigel.bsky.social |
Fondly remembering the rollout of Twitter's paid bluechecks, when Elon's Renfields insisted that anyone who wanted to build an audience - media, artists - would HAVE to buy one. How could they not? Eight months later all the bluechecks you see are tryhard losers.
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Kevin Reuning
@reuning.bsky.social
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Look if you amortize 1 new subscribe a year over the life of a twitter-coin you will be rolling in NFTs
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Mulder
@xfilestogo.bsky.social
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That screenshot looks like a pyramid scheme.
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PeoriaBummer
@peoriabummer.bsky.social
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It’s paying to spam people. That was obviously going to ruin the platform.
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G t Mac
@gtmac.bsky.social
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I mean it was true for people who couldn't actually produce content people wanted to seek out.
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Defiant Jazz Enthusiast
@cicadaqueen.bsky.social
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Couldn't stand this guy when he was on the This Week in Tech podcast fifteen years ago and I can see he hasn't changed.
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ZHUGE LIANG
@shuchancellor.online
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sad! so glad I didn't enthrall myself to the world's stupidest capitalist parasite
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Chair of the Sewer Maintenance Board
@sidewalkslam.bsky.social
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It's the number one reason I left. It's just so bizarre someone said "the problem with internet forums is we aren't floating all the crap to the top"
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hammancheez
@hammancheez.bsky.social
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I might be a tryhard but at least I’m not bluecheck tryhard -me, trying to impress girl at bar
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Dante
@dantedaderg.bsky.social
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I don't think 1 fan a year is very impressive lmao
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Rick Schmitz
@rickschmitz.bsky.social
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I’m not sure that math checks out.
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stan
@stanthemanchan.bsky.social
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Fragile narcissists with fatal main character syndrome are fundamentally incapable of understanding or caring about how other people might think.
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Mike - Towards a Metric America!
@navigatorbr.bsky.social
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I just need to remember everyone of this tweet from Jason when SVB collapsed. Something tells me he's not very good at things...
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social
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"Elon's Renfields" is a good coinage.
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Infrastructure is politics
@rational.bsky.social
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I wish they would roll something similar out on L*nkedin so you could block all the same people there too
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Infrastructure is politics
@rational.bsky.social
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So sweaty
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Hare 🍉
@haredurer.bsky.social
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From what I understand, Twitter Blue had some useful features for big accounts, businesses, etc, and paying for it might have made sense for some users, but Elon turned it into a sign of loyalty to him and the whole thing acquired a stink.
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Dance: 10⁻¹, Looks: 3
@andrew3000.bsky.social
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If you gave Jason an enema he'd be buried in a matchbox.
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Alex Maskill
@alexmaskill.bsky.social
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It's worth not paying just not to be lumped in with those people, even if in isolation the benefits would be to your advantage.
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Ceiling Cat
@ceilingcat.bsky.social
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The blue checks are almost exclusively (1) the “line goes up” crowd who are Elon cheerleaders, or (2) accounts that post “who’s at fault?” along with viral video clips stolen from TikTok for monetization
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It’s Justy!
@rlyehsurfclub.bsky.social
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that was bad enough, but boosting them to the top was an almost legendarily awful decision. all those reactionary orcs hidden behind “Show more replies” suddenly were the first replies you saw
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Godspeed You! Woke Moralists
@dashwallkick.bsky.social
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The one that snuck up on me (though it shouldn't have) was terfs. I saw like 5 with the blue check and went, "wait, why are terfs chasing a big easy validation button?" then there was a beat and I went, "oh right. That."
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@jiminnh.bsky.social
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So true! When I see a blue check now it's a warning flag more than anything.
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Dave Weigel
@daveweigel.bsky.social
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It's a little silly to think about posting as a marketplace. But look at the followers accounts have picked up here by being Good at Posting, then look at the Elon reply guys over there who pay $8/m and still have 58 followers. One of the funniest miscalculations I've ever seen.
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Nic 🍉
@nml-dc.bsky.social
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How is "one new customer a decade" a business model.
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420PandaNation
@420pandanation.bsky.social
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Definitely not a try herd but I have a blue check cuz I run a legal dispensary. The blue check definitely helps out I will tell you that it's worth it if your making money 🤷♀️
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Rob Phibbs
@robertjlphibbs.bsky.social
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Loling at the logic that one new customer a decade would somehow make up for $960 spent on the checkmark. Does he think artists are selling used cars or something?
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Kevin Alexander
@kevinalexander.bsky.social
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I miss the original Twitter Blue. $2/mo. got you the ability to edit, and to read threads in a linear fashion. It was a steal, and I can’t believe they thought this was the better path (actually I can, but…).
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PolRepFemboy
@polrepfemboy.bsky.social
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1 customer a decade keeping us hella afloat.
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