Discussion

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  @johnkrausphotos @sriramk The whole verification process is being revamped right now

• @reckless Nilay Patel on x

  Scoop from ⁦@alexeheath⁩: it'll be $20/mo to be verified, and if the team doesn't ship in a week, they're fired https://www.theverge.com/...

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  NEW: Twitter is planning to start charging $20 a month for verification. It's Elon Musk's first big project. Oh, and the team building it was told they will all be fired if they don't meet a launch deadline of November 7th. https://www.theverge.com/...

• @jason @jason on x

  How much would you pay to be verified & get a blue check mark on Twitter?

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  An important detail here: If you already have a blue checkmark, Twitter is currently planning to remove it from your profile after 90 days if you don't subscribe to the more expensive Blue subscription after it launches.

• @stephenking Stephen King on x

  $20 a month to keep my blue check? Fuck that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I'm gone like Enron.

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  Bring back Vine?

• @antoniogm Antonio García Martínez on x

  It's amusing to watch the very caste whose entire status rides on that little checkmark swearing up and down that they'd never be such losers as to pay for it. You're going to fork out for it (or your employer will). Who are you kidding? You'd pay more than $20 even. LMAO.

• @martinslewis Martin Lewis on x

  Having campaigned against PAID-FOR scam ads for years, I'm concerned at rumours Twitter will turn the verified #blueTick into a paid-for option. Scammers, shysters, criminals are likely to be happy to pay for, and manipulate this, for a veneer of legitimacy.

• @tszzl Roon on x

  a blue check is an identity service to the users. the blue checks create incredible amounts of engagement whether you like them or not. charging for the check is like if youtube stopped its revenue sharing and started charging its top creators instead. pants on head shit

• @nickstatt Nick Statt on x

  One of the all time funniest interactions on this website https://twitter.com/...

• @cd_hooks Christopher Hooks on x

  the checkmark is not important for most people and ill happily lose it, but if there's no exception for journalists, this amounts to asking the NYT, say, for hundreds of thousands of dollars so that trolls can't impersonate their people to cause trouble https://twitter.com/...

• @trustnobis @trustnobis on x

  @mmasnick “Release this product that will need to secure and manage a significant amount of PII in 9 days or you're fired. And if we have a leak of PII, you're fired. And if we don't, you're still fired.”

• @k8em0 @k8em0 on x

  Who wants to hire a bunch of engineers this week? Corollary: Who wants to mint money on Twitter's #bugbounty program on horrible bugs in new features hastily coded in a week? https://twitter.com/...

• @i_zzzzzz Brooks Otterlake on x

  If Twitter gets even 10 percent of these people to pay $20/month, they will be making an extra 7.2 million dollars per year. That's enough to buy four or even five houses in Toronto — and, again, that's every single year https://twitter.com/...

• @ernopp Ernest Oppetit on x

  buying twitter blue for 4x cheaper in case they grandfather us in https://twitter.com/...

• @mattyglesias Matthew Yglesias on x

  A thread on charging for verification — a bad idea that would make a bad system worse. Start with what verification is supposed to be. What is the job to be done? Twitter, unlike Facebook, doesn't require the use of real names. That has real advantages.

• @tszzl Roon on x

  elon's yesmen seem to be supplying him with a steady stream of terrible ideas

• @sarthakgh Sar Haribhakti on x

  There's blue checkmark as a status symbol, as verified identity, or as a premium version with additional features Twitter's old regime has conflated and weighed those three differently over the years and created a confusing nightmare. The new regime needs to define it first https…

• @katzonearth Jonathan M. Katz on x

  The “paying for blue checks” thing is hilarious, because it's based on the derper troll's fantasy of what a blue check is (a ticket to outrageous fame and fortune!!!) as opposed to what it really is (proof that someone at Twitter was able to Google your name)

• @danprimack Dan Primack on x

  The reported “blue check mark” fee isn't very high. But... 1/ Many users with them don't much care. 2/ Twitter itself benefits from the blue checks, since they can help prevent misinfo/impersonation on the platform. May cost Twitter more in long run to charge.

• @krishnanrohit Rohit Krishnan on x

  “build it”? they already have it so isn't it basically just changing the pricing number on the checkout page? https://twitter.com/...

• @privacylaw_jjw James J. Ward on x

  This galaxy-brain plan (which I think is probably just an excuse to fire loads of developers on or before the 7 November deadline) is yet another example of bafflingly stupid decisionmaking. It's like Musk observed Liz Truss's opening few weeks and said “hold my beer.” 11/

• @alexhern @alexhern on x

  the US-centric tech press hasn't noticed the funniest part of the verification story which is that Twitter Blue hasn't shipped in most of the world

• @pt Parker on x

  If you love Twitter, you should send them $54.20 and some words of encouragement in these uncertain times. https://twitter.com/...

• @gergelyorosz Gergely Orosz on x

  Sw engineers I talk to assume this arbitrary deadline serves several purposes: 1. A test: it's expected many will be let go who are seen as less productive or unwilling to work long hours 2. An early success story +enabling immediate incremental revenue 3. Trigger resignations

• @iamtexture Texture, PhD on x

  Finally my garbage tweets will be verified https://twitter.com/...

• @taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on x

  It's penalizing the very few (and quickly shrinking) number of users who generate the most engagement. It's moronic https://twitter.com/...

• @fawfulfan Matthew Chapman on x

  You still don't seem to get it. Twitter's users are not the customers. We are the product. The advertisers are the customers. Charging journalists for a security feature (at a price no one will pay) will make this site less reputable and less attractive for your ACTUAL customers.

• @fawfulfan Matthew Chapman on x

  Hey @elonmusk, I am not paying $240 a year to stay verified. No one will. It's not a status symbol, it's a security feature. Making it a paid service will hurt a ton of journalists and make fake news spread more easily.

• @gergelyorosz Gergely Orosz on x

  What I'm hearing: lots of Twitter sw engineers & managers worked through the whole weekend to get the verified feature done by Wed, else they are told their whole team can be fired. Dozens of tickets closed on iOS, Android etc. (Takes time to ship collected work to App Store) htt…

• @sethanikeem M. Belanger on x

  Goodbye blue checkmark. You didn't get me much value in the first place. Everyone knows it's time to leave when the game becomes pay-to-play: #BurnTwitterBurn🔥 https://twitter.com/...

• @can @can on x

  reminds me when you could pay to become a premium member or something on Okcupid but they'd actually show others that you actually were so desperate for a match that you were actually paying for a dating service that's actually free https://twitter.com/...

• @dangillmor Dan Gillmor on x

  Thinking of all the time I'll get back to be productive... https://twitter.com/...

• @rcmb323 RC Maxfield on x

  Twitter is about to go down hill so quick isn't it? https://twitter.com/...

• @joannastern Joanna Stern on x

  My prediction? They'll settle on a number less than $20 and many will pay. Then they'll jack up the price quickly—just like every other subscription service right now. https://www.theverge.com/...

• @petekeeley @petekeeley on x

  This is going to be a hilarious boondoggle. What are you going to do just start sending bills to embassies and foreign NGOs? Musk fired his top lawyer and now his first project is to get sued in every country. https://twitter.com/...

• @fg_dolan Joe Dolan on x

  Absolutely fucking not lol https://twitter.com/...

• @bchesky Brian Chesky on x

  @antoniogm ... I think status and verifying accounts could be distinct ideas

• @mattblaze Matt Blaze on x

  If this is true, it makes little sense, at least for me. I get almost no benefit from being verified (except making it easier for people to detect occasional fake accounts that use my name). Verifying accounts (which they should do more of) benefits the service as whole. https://…

• @bradmossesq Bradley P. Moss on x

  $20/month for the blue badge? Nope. https://twitter.com/...

• @stevenglinert @stevenglinert on x

  Broke: charge for twitter and destroy the platform Woke: make ads better Bespoke: save America by charging for twitter and destroying the platform

• @drmistercody Cody Johnston on x

  Threatening to fire people for taking longer than a week to finish a terrible idea that nobody wants is just another example of the brilliance that will get us to Mars by 2018.

• @reckless Nilay Patel on x

  Poor Jack was all “Twitter shouldn't be a company, only you can save it Elon” and Elon's immediate response is “what if we charge $420.69 for blue checks”

• @jeremymonjo @jeremymonjo on x

  (Inherits a whirling vortex that can change the very fabric of culture when tilted in the right direction) Going to make 220 dollars out of this https://twitter.com/...

• @ericgeller Eric Geller on x

  Major media organizations will (hopefully!) cover this cost for their journalists, but many smaller ones won't be able to. The result will be a more confusing media landscape where it's easier for bad-faith actors to impersonate trusted voices. https://twitter.com/...

• @gerritd Gerrit De Vynck on x

  I thought the point of verification was for Twitter to make people trust what they were seeing on here more, rather than some kind of privilege for heavy users? https://twitter.com/...

• @hiattb Brian Hiatt on x

  So on other sites, creators *make* money, but on Twitter they're supposed to *pay* money? Interesting model! https://twitter.com/...

• @mattblaze Matt Blaze on x

  If the idea is that “celebrities” (who are only a fraction of verified users) can afford to pay, that makes about as much sense as charging celebrities extra to be seen eating at your restaurant.

• @michaelaokla Michaela Okland on x

  I rly didn't think that man buying twitter would negatively affect it that much but I am unfortunately starting to realize I need to spend more time on other platforms now https://twitter.com/...

• @kendrawrites @kendrawrites on x

  Lol I'm not paying 240 bucks a year to provide free content for this hellsite while also being the product* https://twitter.com/...

• @emmetpeppers Emmet Peppers on x

  Can't wait for this! Great improvement right off the bat https://twitter.com/...

• @joshtpm Josh Marshall on x

  I'm actually skeptical whether this $20 monthly for your blue check thing will come to pass because it's almost certain to be a colossal failure. There's a reason why literally no social network has ever tried to do anything like it. But let's get down to some specifics.

• @jackbutcher Jack Butcher on x

  status as a service https://twitter.com/...

• @edbott Ed Bott on x

  $20 a month? Fuck you, Elon. https://twitter.com/...

• @simplylay @simplylay on x

  It's giving Netflix https://twitter.com/...

• @profcarroll David Carroll on x

  Pricing out my own private mastodon server is going to cost less than renting that blue check.

• @hotchnersgf @hotchnersgf on x

  oh the keanu reeves scammers are gonna have a field day with this one https://twitter.com/...

• @can @can on x

  the whole point of a check mark for the blue check crowd was that you were part of the cool kids club. the capriciousness and the arbitrariness of the verification process is the point.

• @lukeplunkett Luke Plunkett on x

  absolutely speedrunning this site into the toilet, its breathtaking to behold https://twitter.com/...

• @turnernovak Turner Novak on x

  rumor is Nikita's team built Gas app in 48 hours https://twitter.com/...

• @jburnmurdoch John Burn-Murdoch on x

  To justify the $20 it feels like it surely has to be the former, which will create a hellscape dominated by corporate accounts, professional influencers and rich people (& addicted journalists obv) But that does feel very on brand for 2023 so I guess that's where we're headed 🤷‍♂…

• @eric_seufert Eric Seufert on x

  Social media subscriptions are like consumer hoverboards or Hulk feature films: a superficially plausible but unworkable idea that surfaces every few years and then quickly subsides.

• @megreenwell Megan Greenwell on x

  I just need you to understand now how hard we will all roast you if you pay two hundred and forty American dollars a year for a stupid checkmark that doesn't even prevent the death and rape threats. https://twitter.com/...

• @calebsaysthings Caleb Hearon on x

  being verified is already a little embarrassing but being verified in a world where everybody also knows you PAY FOR IT? only the cringest of losers will abide. https://twitter.com/...

• @pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings on x

  $240 for a 10x10px “look I'm rich enough to waste $240 on a 10x10px richness signifier” signifier is (a) very 90s and (b) very lol good luck with that.

• @andrewwrites Andrew Cunningham on x

  Verification was meant as a safeguard ("this person in a position of influence/power is who they say they are") but by being opaque about how blue checks were given out, Twitter sort of reduced them to Cool Guy Status Symbols. At least now perception will match reality, I guess. …

• @chescaleigh Franchesca Ramsey on x

  I'm verified across social platforms solely bc I've dealt w folks impersonating me for the purpose of trolling/harassment. I don't see it as anything special or desirable. Unless paid verification comes w some new special features I can't imagine why anyone would pay for it? http…

• @kevincollier Kevin Collier on x

  If this proves true it'd be a disastrous rollback for mis/disinfo on this site. It's not a perfect system (people get hacked all the time), but users need be able to trust a person is who they claim. How many small media orgs would pay Twitter $240 per year per reporter? https://…

• @malwaretechblog Marcus Hutchins on x

  @Jason I'd happily pay for Twitter, but not for verification. If the purpose is user verification then it makes no sense to require them to pay money to be seen as legitimate. If it's about highlighting notable accounts, then allowing people to buy it undermines the point.

• @normcharlatan Norm Charlatan on x

  Curious if they'll open verification to anyone willing to pay and jump through the hoops or if they're going to thin the verified herd knowing that the only people who can afford to pay are prestige media and right wing trolls. https://twitter.com/...

• @adrierising Adrie Rose on x

  i would rather spend $20/day on cocaine than pay a single dime to use this app https://twitter.com/...

• @dalailama Dalai Lama on x

  Generally speaking, whether or not technology can be thought of as good or bad depends on how it is used. We human beings should not be slaves to technology or machines. We should be in charge.

• @kimzetter Kim Zetter on x

  $5/month for verification seemed reasonable when it was suggested this would be the cost. $20/month is not. I suppose it's a way to ensure that ppl buying checkmark are doing so because they need to for work. But not everyone who needs it for this purpose can afford $240/yr https…

• @joesiegler @joesiegler on x

  Well, this is interesting. Twitter Blue was already too expensive I thought at $5.99. $20 a month? I had better get all promoted ads removed. #TwitterBlue https://twitter.com/...

• @mikalfm Mikal Lewis on x

  I'm really curious if LinkedIn has a response room right now—to the opportunity created by the Musk take over.

• @michaelcrider Michael Crider on x

  Musk: “Let's start charging more than a Spotify subscription for the Twitter feature designed specifically to prevent impersonation.” Russian IRA trolls: https://twitter.com/...

• @maxberger Max Berger on x

  The idea of forcing people to pay for blue checks gets Twitter's value proposition totally backward. For Twitter to have value, it needs to provide valid information from legitimate sources. If anyone can pay for the appearance of validity, the site losses all value.

• @tomwarren Tom Warren on x

  $20 a month for Twitter verification 😂 https://twitter.com/...

• @jbouie @jbouie on x

  oh wow this place is really just going to go down in flames isn't it? https://twitter.com/...

• @pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings on x

  Anyway, lots of reasons why I don't run the hellsite, but if I did, probably wouldn't go quite so far out of my way to antagonize and drive away the people who produce all the free content that drives the engagement that keeps the site from imploding. But hey, it's his money.

• @moorehn Heidi N. Moore on x

  This is super fun because it means Twitter, a platform that gets hacked constantly, is going to have everyone's credit card information https://twitter.com/...

• @kevinrose @kevinrose on x

  A lot of devil in the details for a paid $19 mo. twitter verification checkbox. There are many-many scams where $19 is a minimal expense for the trust that comes with that check. The check meaning will change from “verified” to “paid” https://www.techmeme.com/...

• @seangentille Sean Gentille on x

  never been more excited to not pay for something https://twitter.com/...

• @peteblackburn Pete Blackburn on x

  lmao $20 a month for a blue check? get the fuck outta here, you can have it back https://twitter.com/...

• @matthew_d_green Matthew Green on x

  Someone broke out the calculator and did the actual math, realized it was a trivial amount and then apparently decided it would work if they multiplied by four. https://twitter.com/...

• @joshtpm Josh Marshall on x

  2/ $20 a month is not a trivial amount of money. There's a world of difference between $4.99 and $19.99 that isn't captured by the 4x multiple. Lots of people can spend $5 a month and not think about it. Everybody thinks about $20. It goes beyond the precise dollar amount.

• @parismarx Paris Marx on x

  if blue checks become a $20/month feature we're just going to harshly judge everyone who has one

• @cyynapse @cyynapse on x

  once again elon musks idea of running a company is just telling the smart people what to do and threatening their jobs. i see now why spacex rocket engineers constantly rant about him on glassdoor https://twitter.com/...

• @oranicuhh Chika on x

  Elon Musk is smoking DICK if he thinks I would pay for verification. https://twitter.com/...

• @alexrkonrad Alex Konrad on x

  gotta think some of the people who can't/won't pay this will be the people actually important to have verified (not me) https://twitter.com/...

• @tahk0 @tahk0 on x

  Oh wow they're speedrunning this app's rest in peace https://twitter.com/...

• Twitter Help Center Twitter Help Center on x

  About Twitter Blue  —  We're exploring ways to make the Twitter experience next level—and Twitter Blue is just the beginning.

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on x

  Some news from inside Elon's war room: Twitter is strongly considering making verified users pay $4.99 a month to keep their badges. Many questions remain. Subscribe to read ➡️ https://www.platformer.news/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @tiffanycli Tiffany C. Li on x

  Let individual users buy blue check marks if they verify ID, fine. But don't do it unless you can commit to a system of carveouts for news organizations, government, non-profits, educational orgs, health orgs, and other critical public-facing institutions and individuals.

• @brendannyhan Brendan Nyhan on x

  If every account followed by @verified subscribes b/c of this shakedown, that's $26M/year. Musk owes $1B/year in interest. Not sure this is the magical solution. (And the risk of chasing verified users off the platform and confusing everyone seems.... not worth $26M/year.) https:…

• @emilygorcenski @emilygorcenski on x

  There are about 300k verified Twitter accounts. If every single account opted to pay this fee, this would bring in about $18m in revenue yearly. That's enough to pay off the $44B purchance price in slightly less than 2500 years. https://twitter.com/...

• @broderick Ryan Broderick on x

  Monetizing the vanity of blue check Twitter addicts is unfortunately extremely funny https://twitter.com/...

• @ketanj0 Ketan Joshi on x

  Scoop from @CaseyNewton - Musk's first big monetisation move will be forcing verified users to pay to stay verified This is going to be a fun death spiral https://www.platformer.news/ ...

• @hankgreen Hank Green on x

  Hilarious thing is, I'm a current twitter Blue subscriber, but I'll need to unsubscribe if they make verification conditional to having a Twitter Blue subscription because paying for a check mark is 100% cringe. @TwitterBlue https://twitter.com/...

• @blackamazon @blackamazon on x

  It's so funny that when I got mine , I found four fakes, some calling for my death, and as someone working in Trust and safety needed them to do parts of my job HILARIOUS https://twitter.com/...

• @sarahfrier Sarah Frier on x

  the biggest concern: when people decide not to pay for this and then users get misled by impersonator accounts https://twitter.com/...

• @g_e_anderson Gregory Anderson on x

  Twitter is done. It was a good run until the narcissistic billionaire who was born on third and thinks he hit a triple took over #TwitterMigration #Twitterpocalypse https://twitter.com/...

• @iamjohnales John Ales AF on x

  DEMOCRATIZE TWITTER! https://twitter.com/...

• @ascannerburkely @ascannerburkely on x

  This will be so funny. Totally likely Musk bought the site to drive it into the ground but it's funnier if he does it unintentionally. https://twitter.com/...

• @pjbrown_iii Pete Brown on x

  Considering that Elon is genuinely one of the most active and engaged users on this platform, it is increasingly shocking how little he knows & understands about what his user-base as a whole actually wants from this product #Elon #Twitter https://twitter.com/...

• @nedostup Matt Nedostup on x

  I'll really miss having trolls say “how did YOU get verified?” along with zero positive effects https://twitter.com/...

• @anylaurie16 @anylaurie16 on x

  I will block any blue check who pays for it. Have some fucking dignity. https://twitter.com/...

• @robynelyse Robyn Pennacchia on x

  This is really just meant to play into the rw idea of “blue checks” being some kind of reward for being fancy or special rather than a way of denoting that it is someone's actual profile — which is important to those of us who care if things are actually true or not. https://twit…

• @bboy_izilla Isaiah on x

  Blue check class solidarity is about to be a thing. https://twitter.com/...

• @mmasnick Mike Masnick on x

  I never asked for my bluecheck and would gladly give it up. As far as I can tell, to date, the only benefit has been that people yell at your about “bluechecks.” I'd be open to paying for Twitter Blue not for a bluecheck, but if it actually offered something of value. https://twi…

• @acnewman @acnewman on x

  Yeah, they can have mine back. https://twitter.com/...

• @davekarpf Dave Karpf on x

  Great news, folks! Casey reports that David Sacks (a total goober. A complete techbro yes-man. The equivalent of Turtle in Peter Thiel's Entourage.) is working with Elon to turn this company around. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @pippuri Sami Pippuri on x

  If Twitter couple this with a promotional program for active users, so that those don't actually have to pay, it could work out. People could think they get something valuable ‘for free’ https://twitter.com/...

• @geekgirldiva @geekgirldiva on x

  They'll make Twitter Blue 8.99 so you can filter out the newly verified RW trolls. https://twitter.com/...

• @brianyoung Brian Young on x

  LOL, people pretending there's any economic path forward for Elon. There's a reason he desperately tried to back out of the deal, and it's the same reason Twitter fought so hard to keep it. It's a disastrous deal https://twitter.com/...

• @mgerrydoyle Gerry Doyle on x

  yeah, I mean... the whole point of the blue checkmark is that it *can't* be bought—it's a signifier of who you are. (and @BDHerzinger will back me up on this, I had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the world of verified accounts) https://twitter.com/...

• @cfq Mehmet Duran on x

  Exactly how I felt this morning after reading the latest scoop. All social media has disintegrated to a self-eating ouroboros against metrics and ad revenue optimisation but twitter was the only one left for text. Pour one out https://twitter.com/...

• @cari_luna Cari Luna on x

  What benefit exactly do they think we get from the blue checks that we would be willing to pay to keep them? And who on earth would want a badge that showed you were foolish enough to pay for twitter? https://twitter.com/...

• @demsinarray @demsinarray on x

  Desperation setting in over at HQ. And y'all don't want to stick around to watch the fun? https://twitter.com/...

• @jamessurowiecki James Surowiecki on x

  “We're going to charge you to produce content for us.” https://twitter.com/...

• @noahpinion @noahpinion on x

  Make bluechecks pay $49.99 a month and all other users pay $4.99 a month https://twitter.com/...

• @davidoatkins David Atkins on x

  I canceled my Twitter Blue. Elon can take my checkmark, and I don't care. Tiny price to pay to watch him light $44B on fire. https://twitter.com/...

• @iansherr Ian Sherr on x

  As if blue badges weren't considered elitist enough before https://twitter.com/...

• @edbott Ed Bott on x

  Twitter Blue Check? Pretty close to literally owning the libs here. https://twitter.com/...

• @tyburr Ty Burr on x

  AYFKM? The short goodbye. https://twitter.com/...

• @alwaystheself Professor Fleming on x

  Literally never paying a dime for or to this site. https://twitter.com/...

• @jhweissmann Jordan Weissmann on x

  I am pretty sure I wouldn't, just on principle. https://twitter.com/...

• @joshuamzeitz Joshua Zeitz on x

  Hahahaha. They can have it back. Like I care. https://twitter.com/...

• @jtemple James Temple on x

  Nope, nope, nope. https://twitter.com/...

• @jamesgleick James Gleick on x

  I think I have one of those blue checks. I won't be paying Elon for the privilege of identifying myself as someone willing to pay money to Elon. https://twitter.com/...

• @stephenwarwick9 Stephen Warwick on x

  We've gone from it should be easier to get verified and everyone should be verified to make it a paid feature 😂 https://twitter.com/...

• @mattgurney Matt Gurney on x

  This may go against the grain but I think I'm fine with this? As much as I enjoy talking Trek and hockey with y'all I'd dump this hellsite in a moment if it wasn't providing me tangible business value. But it is. I'm okay being a customer. I might be better off being a customer! …

• @justkelly_ok @justkelly_ok on x

  This would suck a lot for the people who actually need verification for what it was actually *meant* to do: differentiate real people from impersonator accounts, that are often created to harass. It's like asking me to pay for harassment protection. I'm not laughing 🤷🏻‍♀️ https:/…

• @trentbwrites Joshua Trent Brown on x

  Yeah I'll just give it up then https://twitter.com/...

• @tcarmody Tim Carmody on x

  Or charging the verified would just piss off a lot of the influential people you'd otherwise want to keep active and happy and using the platform. Tough call!

• @r0wdy_ @r0wdy_ on x

  I'm actually ok with this is if everyone is given the ability to verify their identity if they want to. Big or small accounts. The check should be just that, verification of identity, not authority or social capital https://twitter.com/...

• @brookeobie Lumberjack Brooke on x

  Yall should be paying ME https://twitter.com/...

• @kazweida Kaz Weida on x

  Ship. Meet iceberg. 🚢 🧊 https://twitter.com/...

• @tonyromm Tony Romm on x

  lol https://twitter.com/...

• @saintsforecast Ralph Malbrough on x

  Adios blue check mark. Whatever https://twitter.com/...

• @enerianna @enerianna on x

  unverified irene coming soon https://twitter.com/...

• @adamsinger Adam Singer on x

  @Techmeme @CaseyNewton I literally already pay

• @tcarmody Tim Carmody on x

  That's one way to squeeze out some revenue I guess https://twitter.com/...

• @coreyschreppel Corey Schreppel on x

  Non-profit newsrooms gonna be doing the math to figure out if they wanna spring $5-$10k a year to keep their staff and branded accounts verified. https://twitter.com/...

• @nichcarlson Nich Carlson on x

  Um. Why would I pay for this checkmark? https://twitter.com/...

• @ronjeffries Ron Jeffries on x

  I like being verified. I don't /need/ to be verified. https://twitter.com/...

• @todgoldberg Tod Goldberg on x

  How about this: You get nothing. https://twitter.com/...

• @petergleick Peter Gleick on x

  I like the blue check, but certainly won't pay for it. Furthermore, if this goes thru, the blue check just becomes something you bought, not something you got for bringing value to the site. https://twitter.com/...

• @danushman Dan Ushman on x

  Liberals: “OMG I'm Gonna Die” Terror over content moderation Conservatives: “Unicorns Are Real And Poop Ice Cream” Euphoria over content moderation Elon Musk: “I'm delegating moderation to a ‘committee,’ suckers! Now, how do I milk as much money out of twitter as possible?” https…

• @shahmiruk Shahmir Sanni on x

  Weak, imo. The option to have a verification badge should be available to EVERYONE on this app who can confirm their identity. And if the line of work requires anonymity then that can go through the current verification process that is already available. https://twitter.com/...

• @jtemple James Temple on x

  Nahh, I won't be paying for the privilege of generating free content and driving engagement on a website that, by accounts, is about to become a less secure, less safe haven for rightwing disinformation. https://twitter.com/...

• @malwaretechblog Marcus Hutchins on x

  Can't see myself paying $20/month to be verified. Not that I wouldn't pay for Twitter, but pay-to-play verification is just going to gatekeep poor people while also enabling dubious accounts to buy legitimacy. https://www.platformer.news/ ...

• @randyrenstrom Randy Renstrom on x

  Charging money for the privilege of having a star is the exact same scheme Sylvester McMonkey McBean hatches in Dr. Seuss's “The Sneetches” https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @tiffanycli Tiffany C. Li on x

  This makes sense if you view verified badges as status symbols and not what they were supposed to be: trust marks to certify identity so people can rely on what they see being said on Twitter. It's a plan that makes sense if truth/trust on social media doesn't matter to you. http…

• @exiledsurfer Michael Parenti on x

  i'd happily pay $5 a month to be verified, and $10 a month to have a no ads or algorithm twitter timeline https://twitter.com/...

• @mattgertz Matthew Gertz on x

  Ah so the plan is to charge users money for things that make the site usable (like identifying if an account is real or fake). What else is on the monetization list? Make users pay to block someone? https://twitter.com/...

• @mmasnick Mike Masnick on x

  Again, I'm open to paying for Twitter Blue if it provided worthwhile value. What's there now isn't enough for $5/month. And verification is literally meaningless for me. We'll see what else they come up with, but so far... all of these ideas seem to make the site worse.

• @laurendane @laurendane on x

  Ugh. No thanks. I'd pay to keep out the racist scum that fill up the gutters here, but it looks like gutter scum is the new user base and I can get abused anywhere for free. https://twitter.com/...

• @felixsalmon Felix Salmon on x

  ...immediately turning the checkmark into an “I'm so vain, I think this checkmark is worth $60/yr” signifier. Even people who *want* the checkmark won't want to be seen to be paying Elon Musk for it. https://twitter.com/...

• @martinsfp @martinsfp on x

  Ooh, Twitter verification could become linked to the Blue subscription- pay up or lose your checkmark. Maybe even get verified as part of the Blue subscription. https://open.substack.com/...

• @meghanor Meghan O'Rourke on x

  This makes little sense to me, since so many blue-check people already feel they are offering up free content. Why wouldn't we all just start newsletters and then advertise them on other social platforms. (Hmm...) https://twitter.com/...

• @pbump Philip Bump on x

  The point of verification was to aid the platform, not the users? To show that people can trust accounts on Twitter represent those people. Just because some think it's a status marker doesn't mean it is monetizable. https://twitter.com/...

• @lancestorm Lance Storm on x

  When you are Verified you are more accountable, because people know it's you saying it. If people lose their verification because they don't want to pay for it, Twitter just gets worse. A small one time fee to get verified is reasonable. No way I pay monthly for it https://twitte…