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   Nicholas Sarwark (nsarwark@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Apr-2023 22:01:48 JST Nicholas Sarwark

   If you don't want what is on offer, no price is low enough.

   “But he also grumbled that big media companies were reluctant to pay for blue checks. “It’s a small amount of money, so I don’t know what their problem is,” he said.”

   https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/business/dealbook/elon-musk-twitter-bbc-interview.html

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     Rob Shearer (rvcx@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Apr-2023 22:27:44 JST Rob Shearer

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     @nsarwark There is so much tumult at Twitter the (temporary) crusade against Substack wasn’t interpreted as part of any serious business strategy.

     But if we did pretend Musk’s actions were indicative of a philosophy, why on earth would media companies pay Twitter after Twitter has declared war on their own businesses? If Musk can ban links to Substack, why not NBC and The New York Times and Fox News?

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     Nicholas Sarwark (nsarwark@universeodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Apr-2023 22:28:28 JST Nicholas Sarwark

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     • Rob Shearer

     @rvcx people don’t like doing business with capricious people or companies.

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     Rob Shearer (rvcx@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Apr-2023 22:55:32 JST Rob Shearer

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     @nsarwark It’s a genuinely interesting question whether you’d rather do business with capricious company or an outright antagonistic one.

     Twitter asks “why choose?”