C@LAg said:

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Oh no!!!!!

Téa Leoni, Shonda Rhimes, Alex Winter and Sara Bareilles are among the celebrities leaving Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover. https://t.co/WyiPFYkCyH

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 31, 2022

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I only know shoddy rimes on that list. And I had no clue what she looked like. I just knew she was a showrunner.

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Appropriate gif, since Bill is one of the 4 leaving

Urban Ag said:

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What if Texags made buying a star a requirement to post? What if it were a requirement to even read the forums beyond the linked articles on the home page? How many more posters would buy stars? My guess would be a lot.

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I buy stars to reduce the chance of getting banned. It's worked in most cases, staff just deletes my post.

unmade bed said:

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I don't do Twitter but it sounds like Musk is taking steps to basically destroy Twitter which in my opinion is a major benefit to society. Keep it up sir

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Destroying its current incarnation. Needed to be done

Tea Leoni is an actress and wa with David Duchovny in the 90's I belive. No idea who Shonda was. Bareillas is a singer.

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Tea Leoni is an actress and wa with David Duchovny in the 90's I belive. No idea who Shonda was. Bareillas is a singer.

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Shonda is a TV powerhouse, it says.

Powerhouse!

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unmade bed said:

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I don't do Twitter but it sounds like Musk is taking steps to basically destroy Twitter which in my opinion is a major benefit to society. Keep it up sir

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His backers and lenders might have something to say about that.

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Every time you post this is all I can picture...

Cue the endless gofundme accounts asking for blue check help.

HTownAg98 said:

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unmade bed said:

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I don't do Twitter but it sounds like Musk is taking steps to basically destroy Twitter which in my opinion is a major benefit to society. Keep it up sir

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His backers and lenders might have something to say about that.

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Did they have those same things to say when he decided he was gonna start firing rockets off in to space for hell of it? I get the impression he's not the kind of guy that cares.

Cromagnum said:

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They are too dumb to realize it's an anti-bot measure, and seems to be a good anti-NPC measure too.

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My method anti-bot goes like this:

Don't ****ing be on that POS Twitter. Ever.

Now how am i supposed to know what Tea Leoni thinks about anything?

A lot of these people will be forced to pay to combat all the sock accounts that pop up. Its the reason the checks exist in the first place. Elon understands how the internet works and is going to exploit it.

First, I liked the blue check because it helped define who was full of manure. Most blue checks are just socialist useful idiots.

Second, most of these useful idiots will just expense the cost to their companies.

Guys, educate me some more about the blue check marks. I really haven't paid Twitter much attention in the past and so I'm playing catch-up ball.

OK, you buy a blue check mark and Twitter will verify that you are in fact who you claim to be. I've got that part.

But, once they go to the trouble to verify you, it would seem like Twitter wouldn't need to do anything else on their end to keep you verified.

So, why the recurring monthly charge? If it's just a revenue producer, I understand. Why not charge for something if people are willing to pay for it.

FWIW, my better half tells me that Shonda Rhimes produces TV shows where LGBTQ+ stuff is gratuitously shoved down your throat, so to speak. I don't plan to verify that.

C@LAg said:

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Oh no!!!!!

Téa Leoni, Shonda Rhimes, Alex Winter and Sara Bareilles are among the celebrities leaving Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover. https://t.co/WyiPFYkCyH

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 31, 2022

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I might have to join twitter

Tea Leoni had amazing legs in the movie Bad Boys.

American Hardwood said:

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For the record, gold stars are waaaay better than blue checks, amirite?

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I thought it was blue stars that mattered.

Ribeye-Rare said:

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Guys, educate me some more about the blue check marks. I really haven't paid Twitter much attention in the past and so I'm playing catch-up ball.

OK, you buy a blue check mark and Twitter will verify that you are in fact who you claim to be. I've got that part.

But, once they go to the trouble to verify you, it would seem like Twitter wouldn't need to do anything else on their end to keep you verified.

So, why the recurring monthly charge? If it's just a revenue producer, I understand. Why not charge for something if people are willing to pay for it.

FWIW, my better half tells me that Shonda Rhimes produces TV shows where LGBTQ+ stuff is gratuitously shoved down your throat, so to speak. I don't plan to verify that.

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The blue check does one other major thing, and depending on how you Twitter depends on the value add. The magic ingredient is that as a blue check you can completely ignore non-blue checks. As Twitter is incredibly political, it essentially was a "we have approved these people for the conversation". A button allowed you to only view and interact with verified people, and the echo chamber was essentially cordoned off. If you were feeling dirty, you could interact with the little people, but that was for when you got drunk or mad or had a really great play to spike the football with.

At $20, musk will probably need to include some additional filtering features, as well as video hosting (parascope, vine) and maybe some other tools not coming to mind, but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see the overall number of blue checks increase if this was offered.

Prominent right wing people had to get influence with massive follower counts to prove their identity. The leftist rabble will squawk and pay to avoid being held to the same standard... Or risk losing their ability to say "verified since 2015".

The other thing it might offer if it's given to everyone is the "safe space" version where there's a very low chance for bots. This in my estimation is why it's $20 and not $5.

C@LAg said:

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Oh no!!!!!

Téa Leoni, Shonda Rhimes, Alex Winter and Sara Bareilles are among the celebrities leaving Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover. https://t.co/WyiPFYkCyH

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 31, 2022

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I'm not gonna pay for a checkmark
Cause you asked for it,
cause you need mon-ey
You see, I'm not gonna pay for a checkmark
Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this
To prove your name
I'm not gonna pay you to stay
If all you have is greed and
Imma need a better reason
To pay for a checkmark
Today

Instagram should start charging high profile users as well. They are getting a platform that gives them an audience of millions that allows them to make millions.

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I'm not sure, but I think I should be happy that I don't know who any of those people are.

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I know Leoni, because her (adoptive) mother is from Amarillo, so they talk about her on local media.

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American Hardwood said:

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For the record, gold stars are waaaay better than blue checks, amirite?

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I thought it was blue stars that mattered.

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They, TexAgs, should sell allowing to give yourself stars. $10 for a 100 pack, $50 for 600 and $100 for 1500. Bet they'd sell a bunch.

If Twitter is so important that you need a blue check, what's wrong with writing a $20 check??

These people are insane.

Urban Ag said:

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What if Texags made buying a star a requirement to post? What if it were a requirement to even read the forums beyond the linked articles on the home page? How many more posters would buy stars? My guess would be a lot.

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Or… hear me out… what if TexAgs made just a few forums pay to access instead of all of them? You could go in there and guarantee that all the other paid members would amplify and give you the internet equivalent of a beej for saying anything at all, no matter how dumb it was. Maybe it could also give you the ability to see other content behind the paywall?

Nah… that would never work.

Tom Doniphon said:

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They're bluffing.... they will all pay. Watch.

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Exactly. You're smart. It is their only lifeline to monetizing their opinions. It brings them all business in the world of politics, opinion, academia and media. The Twitter verse is the most influential group of people in the world outside of dictatorships.

There is nowhere else to go. There will not be another Twitter anytime soon.

Dan Scott said:

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Instagram should start charging high profile users as well. They are getting a platform that gives them an audience of millions that allows them to make millions.

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True also. IG makes people money. They will all pay for the privilege of appearing to be IG endorsed. It's just that these people aren't the global opinion makers that Twitter blue checks are.

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Urban Ag said:

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What if Texags made buying a star a requirement to post? What if it were a requirement to even read the forums beyond the linked articles on the home page? How many more posters would buy stars? My guess would be a lot.

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I buy stars to reduce the chance of getting banned. It's worked in most cases, staff just deletes my post.

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LMAO. I may, or may not, have bought stars to get the perma lifted. And I may get banned for that again. Or not. Or probably will. I should just shut up.

Hey...so.. um said:

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C@LAg said:

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Oh no!!!!!

Téa Leoni, Shonda Rhimes, Alex Winter and Sara Bareilles are among the celebrities leaving Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover. https://t.co/WyiPFYkCyH

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 31, 2022

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I only know shoddy rimes on that list. And I had no clue what she looked like. I just knew she was a showrunner.

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Yes. That's not exactly the names think of when they say that.

YouBet said:

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Tea Leoni had amazing legs in the movie Bad Boys.

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That's the only "celebrity" I knew from that list and this is the only reason I knew her.