Elon Musk Buys Twitter

[Chocolate Lab]

That is some goddamned greatness right there. (Channeling Super 70s Sports)

 

[Cotton]

That is some goddamned greatness right there. (Channeling Super 70s Sports)

It's a proper label. It also needs to be applied to about 80% of our current media.

 

[boozeman]

The app has gone to shit in terms of what it shows now. Even those you follow are drowned out by the current algorithm.

 

[jsmith6919]

 

[Cotton]

BAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

[Smitty]

NPR is government funded, in part. Not sure what their objection is.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

NPR is government funded, in part. Not sure what their objection is.

They don't want people to know. They want people to think they're unbiased journalists.

 

[bbgun]

NPR is government funded, in part. Not sure what their objection is.

When they objected to “state-affiliated media,” Musk changed it to "government funded."

 

[bbgun]

 

[boozeman]

 

[Chocolate Lab]

 

[Genghis Khan]

What an absurd claim. It's a significant contribution regardless. They're controlled by the government either way.

 

[boozeman]

 

[mcnuttz]

The fact that people give a fuck about a blue checkmark trips me out.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

The fact that people give a fuck about a blue checkmark trips me out.

It is pretty funny how upset some get.

 

[1bigfan13]

The fact that people give a fuck about a blue checkmark trips me out.

With this current version of Twitter I agree. But the blue checkmark used to be a way to verify prominent public figures and organizations.

But somewhere along the line, even before Elon took over, the value of it got watered down. It seemed like every WGAS blogger or "influencer" started getting checkmarks.

I don't blame celebs for not wanting to pay the $8 for a checkmark. Elon's methodology has made it completely worthless and meaningless.

 

[Rev]

Fuck Clay Davis

 

[1bigfan13]

It is pretty funny how upset some get.

It used to be a status symbol for them. Now it's gone and they're struggling to cope.

I've seen some people like Rich Eisen kind of circumvent the new rule by taking a screen shot of their account when they still had the blue checkmark and setting that image as their profile pic as "verification".

I wonder how long it'll take Elon's petty ass to start targeting those accounts.

 

[mcnuttz]

With this current version of Twitter I agree. But the blue checkmark used to be a way to verify prominent public figures and organizations.

But somewhere along the line, even before Elon took over, the value of it got watered down. It seemed like every WGAS blogger or "influencer" started getting checkmarks.

I don't blame celebs for not wanting to pay the $8 for a checkmark. Elon's methodology has made it completely worthless and meaningless.

To me that seems like a good reason to start charging for it.

 

[1bigfan13]

Fuck Clay Davis

Why, because he doesn't want to pay $8?

It's his money.