Gregory's ServerSo, uh, not pleased that Elon is now implying I might be a gullible sucker who would pay him his monthly "I'm a gullible sucker" fee. Dude should just take away our legacy blue checks like he promised.
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Mike Masnick ✅
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Rairii
@mmasnick @chancerydaily and yet the API responses still show legacy verified and other verified as separate lol 
Michael Santaly
@mmasnick @chancerydaily This is actually a moment where I think Elon did do something kind of genius. Pay up or deal with the implications. Don’t think it’ll get him any extra revenue, but still
Andrew Bennett
@wonkothesane @mmasnick @chancerydaily This is no longer about strong-arming actually famous people. They won; he lost. This is about not losing the people who pay $8 a month to feel important.
Sarah
@mmasnick @chancerydaily I *think* a workaround would be to change your Twitter username, which in the past has led to at least temporarily losing verified status? So someone could do that then change it back? But honestly that sounds like a hassle and who knows if that would even work at this point
mastodonnie
@SarahOestreich @mmasnick @chancerydaily was thinking the same, assuming the check removal feature isn't broken yet
Felix Salmon
@SarahOestreich @mmasnick @chancerydaily This used to work (change your handle, change it back) but who knows whether it still does 
hybrid havoc :1m: :rm:
@mmasnick Or maybe you're all in the top whatever percent of users that may be given Blue for free. Whether you want it or not.
Mike Masnick ✅
@dirkhh @chancerydaily as I keep saying, I kinda need to be there for my job. My account is locked down and I barely tweet, so maybe don't scold people you don't know?
Dirk Hohndel
@mmasnick 
That Anonymous Coward
Elmo found out that all these people wouldn't pay, so he created yet another way to get paid. The fake tweet from his mother about him being a disappointment doesn't seem harsh enough now does it?
CarlG
@mmasnick @chancerydaily It's surprisingly brilliant. Sure, Musk is devaluing the blue check and killing the verification which attracted both creators and readers alike. But now he's protecting his subscribers from being blocked en masse, and effectively extorting actual notables into paying to remove the mark of chumps.
Don Whiteside
@CarlG314 @mmasnick @chancerydaily now really, what’s the more likely thing here? Brilliant strategy or they have just jerked up another enhancement such that it displays incorrectly? I know where I’d bet.
CarlG
@donw @mmasnick @chancerydaily Blind squirrel, acorn etc. What's funny is that Musk intended to sell prestige (the blue check), but this move is a recognition that all he's done is devalue it so much it now has a stigma attached to it. 
Staid Winnow
It lets him retain folks like Stephen King and William Shatner without them having to pay *and* he also gets to rip off the rubes. Taking the blue checks away will deboost one, and he wants the content--not willing to lose it over $8. NYT excepted unless he has algorithmic adjustment for user_is_nytimes 
Nick
Gotta admit, it seems effective at extorting nearly everybody but it seems lots of work vs. just changing it to subscription and calling it a day. But that method would be far less enshittifying so perhaps that's the draw. 
Martin Vermeer FCD
@mmasnick @chancerydaily "Nice blue check you have there. Would be a shame if all your friends could see it" 
James Koole
@mmasnick Changing your profile photo, display name or username should drop the checkmark if this help article is to be believed. Might only apply to Blue subscribers, but it's worth a shot. https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twitter-verified-accounts 
vruz
I'm shocked that a cheap system of social privilege didn't work. The only thing that surprises me is how that unrepentant fascist keeps people engaged even for a minute. I already couldn't stand him anymore on October 27th 2022, I can't fathom anyone expecting to give or take anything from him so late in the game.  |
So, as @chancerydaily points out, legacy blue checks who don't want the blue checks are currently stuck with the blue checks and Musk is implying they may be paying.
And the only way to hide the blue check is if you actually do pay, where you will soon get an option to hide the fact that you pay.
This truly is the dumbest timeline.