General Elon Musk Fukkery Thread
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This won't be a good look to Musk's fanbase, why pay the $8 dollars?
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Matt Taibbi Claims He Took Twitter Files Off Twitter to ‘Protect’ Elon Musk
Taibbi recently claimed he was “nervous” about leaving the Twitter Files “to the whims” of Musk.
www.thedailybeast.com
Did he have a mental breakdown or what?
Epic Games CEO Gets Dunked On For Buying Twitter Blue, Calls Everyone "Losers"
Tim Sweeney on Twitter Blue critics: "They're the cool kids from junior high who worked to exclude we nerds from cool kid events."
www.thegamer.com
Epic Games CEO Gets Dunked On For Buying Twitter Blue, Calls Everyone "Losers"
BYRHIANNON BEVANPUBLISHED 5 HOURS AGO
After weeks of relative calm, Elon Musk has clumsily introduced yet another sweeping change to Twitter, causing a whole host of problems many of us saw coming a mile away. Yep, he finally got rid of all legacy checkmarks, meaning that anyone with a tick next to their name has paid for Twitter Blue. Well, not everyone. Some celebs were given one for free, for some reason. But we'll touch on that later.
Of course, this has led to celebrities leaving the platform, such as Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, and other users impersonating brands and high-profile figures. But perhaps most heartbreaking for Musk, his precious Twitter Blue subscribers are getting made fun of, including Epic Games CEO, Tim Sweeney.
It all started when unverified users started the #BlockTheBlue campaign. As the name suggests, this encourages users to go through the verified tab and block anyone who has paid for Twitter Blue, making their attempt to boost their accounts fruitless.
Sweeney, however, with his $11 checkmark in hand, didn't find this particularly amusing.
"People in this #BlockTheBlue pressure campaign are losers and goons," says Sweeney. "They're the cool kids from junior high who worked to exclude we nerds from cool kid events, plus the losers who joined in to gain cred."
He goes on to say that the old days of Twitter, before verification was introduced, was a "meritocracy", where likes and retweets ensued to "the best rose to the top." Then, he says checkmarks "broke the meritocracy with a policy deeming verification only for elite 'noteworthy' users."
"It was doled out to friends of employees without identity verification or noteworthiness, and it was revoked as punishment for speech." It's worth noting that a community note has been left on his thread, making it clear that users did have to verify their identity with the old system.
Simply Googling "why was Twitter verification introduced?" will also show that Sweeney has missed out an important part of Twitter's history. Famously, the checkmark was introduced to protect Twitter, not the celebs, after baseball player Tony La Russa sued the platform over other users impersonating him. Checkmarks made this much more difficult, with users able to differentiate trolls from the figures they were impersonating.
Sweeney is getting ratioed pretty bad for this take, particularly over his argument that Twitter Blue critics are comparable to high school bullies. He did get a reply from Musk himself though, so at least there's that.
It must be said, however, that Sweeney's argument has aged pretty poorly. As mentioned before, Musk appears to be dishing out free Twitter Blue checkmarks to figures he wants to keep on the platform. In other words, "dolled out" to the elite.
In any case, the #BlockTheBlue campaign shows no signs of slowing down. It's still trending on Twitter, causing some large accounts to insist they didn't pay for Twitter Blue, and had it given to them for free by Musk.
Epic Games CEO Gets Dunked On For Buying Twitter Blue, Calls Everyone "Losers"
Tim Sweeney on Twitter Blue critics: "They're the cool kids from junior high who worked to exclude we nerds from cool kid events."
Epic Games CEO Gets Dunked On For Buying Twitter Blue, Calls Everyone "Losers"
BYRHIANNON BEVAN
PUBLISHED 5 HOURS AGO
After weeks of relative calm, Elon Musk has clumsily introduced yet another sweeping change to Twitter, causing a whole host of problems many of us saw coming a mile away. Yep, he finally got rid of all legacy checkmarks, meaning that anyone with a tick next to their name has paid for Twitter Blue. Well, not everyone. Some celebs were given one for free, for some reason. But we'll touch on that later.
Of course, this has led to celebrities leaving the platform, such as Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, and other users impersonating brands and high-profile figures. But perhaps most heartbreaking for Musk, his precious Twitter Blue subscribers are getting made fun of, including Epic Games CEO, Tim Sweeney.
It all started when unverified users started the #BlockTheBlue campaign. As the name suggests, this encourages users to go through the verified tab and block anyone who has paid for Twitter Blue, making their attempt to boost their accounts fruitless.
Sweeney, however, with his $11 checkmark in hand, didn't find this particularly amusing.
"People in this #BlockTheBlue pressure campaign are losers and goons," says Sweeney. "They're the cool kids from junior high who worked to exclude we nerds from cool kid events, plus the losers who joined in to gain cred."
He goes on to say that the old days of Twitter, before verification was introduced, was a "meritocracy", where likes and retweets ensued to "the best rose to the top." Then, he says checkmarks "broke the meritocracy with a policy deeming verification only for elite 'noteworthy' users."
"It was doled out to friends of employees without identity verification or noteworthiness, and it was revoked as punishment for speech." It's worth noting that a community note has been left on his thread, making it clear that users did have to verify their identity with the old system.
Simply Googling "why was Twitter verification introduced?" will also show that Sweeney has missed out an important part of Twitter's history. Famously, the checkmark was introduced to protect Twitter, not the celebs, after baseball player Tony La Russa sued the platform over other users impersonating him. Checkmarks made this much more difficult, with users able to differentiate trolls from the figures they were impersonating.
Sweeney is getting ratioed pretty bad for this take, particularly over his argument that Twitter Blue critics are comparable to high school bullies. He did get a reply from Musk himself though, so at least there's that.
It must be said, however, that Sweeney's argument has aged pretty poorly. As mentioned before, Musk appears to be dishing out free Twitter Blue checkmarks to figures he wants to keep on the platform. In other words, "dolled out" to the elite.
In any case, the #BlockTheBlue campaign shows no signs of slowing down. It's still trending on Twitter, causing some large accounts to insist they didn't pay for Twitter Blue, and had it given to them for free by Musk.
Good, good. Steam is better
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@lexlanham: 2 things going on: 1. blue checks given out for free to certain celebs/big accounts w/o account owner's consent, despite twitter announcing blue checks would only be for paid subscribers 2. blue checks a...…
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he made it so easy for other wealthy people to run his pockets if they feel like it
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@lexlanham: 2 things going on: 1. blue checks given out for free to certain celebs/big accounts w/o account owner's consent, despite twitter announcing blue checks would only be for paid subscribers 2. blue checks a...…
he made it so easy for other wealthy people to run his pockets if they feels like it
Bron and Shatner should do it for the culture.