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Didn’t know boosting bluecheck posts was on the menu 🧐 Lords of pay-to-play democracy eh Very different game than suppressing “low” quality
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I think it may have helped focus him on the problem of mimicry (which this platform has always made trivial), and he's now planning to make the check break if you change name. Before he never talked about it, only talked about selling the check and boosting their posts.
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Yeah, it's the most dramatic change he's proposing. Has to assume phishers/scammers won't pay $8/month (they're making money!), or maybe the payment info halts them after first ban? That's my most hopeful take.
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I don’t have a problem with people paying for the blue check. Who cares. My problem is suppressing people who don’t/can’t pay. Basically, if you don’t pay Elon, you are shadow-banned. “You’ll have to scroll really far to see unverified users” -@elonmusk
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