If Ye tweeted it out, some people on here would still defend it

What a s***show

I predict he’s probably going to sell this app for parts by next year after Tesla and SpaceX shareholders see what a f***ing mess he’s made

Also great example of why the current Blue tick system got to go....

Yeah and let’s replace it with people being able to purchase these ticks without identity verification

Because that is a great replacement for this

isnt it actually insane how elon and ye brought back antisemtism and dangerous alt right provacatures in times where in almost every western country theres a huge alt right push

in what way is it a disaster

people are still using twitter as they always have been

i dont understand why people are still so up in arms about this acquisition, its so weird

Why people think that the blue tick means some kind of authority? Elon Musk is verified, that doesn't mean that I respect him. It means that I can be sure that this is the idiot talking. Don't people want to know if public figures are who they are on social media?

The answer is, of course, that people are not thinking at all.

Like when one of my siblings says: "Yeah, I don't know, I just saw a reel about it".

No moderation. No verification. He fired half the staff making sure that this s***ty website was at least not a chaotic trashcan.

Sure, Twitter today is the same, but...things have consequences. If I cut your legs, you may feel normal in your hospital bed. But you won't be walking to the bathroom next morning.

The blue tick is what differentiates an impersonator vs someone’s actual profile

What if they’re a politician? Or a j known journalist? Twitter is an information platform as well as a social one, and having proper verification for these things is important

Yes, I'm saying the same thing. I don't know if my message got across since we're agreeing, I was just wondering why so many were under the impression that it meant something else.

It's verification that you are who you say you are and the average person likely isn't gonna do their due diligence in double checking.

Yeah, I know. I wrote: "Don't people want to know if public figures are who they are on social media?"

But Musk is riffing on the idea that a blue tick means that the owner of the tick is privileged, or an authority, and I wondered where it came from. (Possible answer: generic online stupidity.)

eLon

Social norms of authority -> value

That CTE something serious

Put your phones down

This will solve all your problems. Mfs ranting and typing paragraphs like they’re going to make a change

Nobody in the real world is talking bout this

I think the pay only makes sense if it's accompanied by Identity verification. As people might run Crypto scams.

Pretty good summary thread

My taxpayer money should not be going towards paying some politicians Twitter verification costs

Bro is just like Kanye fr

Hope Elon keeps making changes, looks like great things are happening!