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   ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey: (thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Nov-2022 02:35:11 JST ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey:

   You won't be able to pay $20 a month on birdsite to get a checkmark. Already verified profiles will have to pay $20 a month to keep it. https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/30/23431931/twitter-paid-verification-elon-musk-blue-monthly-subscription

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     ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey: (thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Nov-2022 02:35:34 JST ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey:

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     • igwigg

     cc @volpeon@mk.vulpes.one @igwigg@mk.igwigg.space

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     ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey: (thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Nov-2022 02:36:19 JST ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey:

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     • igwigg

     @igwigg@mk.igwigg.space @volpeon@mk.vulpes.one yep, lol

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     igwigg (igwigg@mk.igwigg.space)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Nov-2022 02:36:20 JST igwigg

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     • Volpeon :drgn_fire:​:drgn_scream:

     @thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me @volpeon@mk.vulpes.one ooh, that's even... worse?

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     ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey: (thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Nov-2022 02:38:10 JST ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey:

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     • Evelyn fra denne andre øya

     @evelyn@misskey.bubbletea.dev True, but people were thinking that you could pay $20/mo and just get one no questions asked

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     Evelyn fra denne andre øya (evelyn@misskey.bubbletea.dev)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Nov-2022 02:38:11 JST Evelyn fra denne andre øya

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     @thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me Twitter does already have a mechanism for people to request verification, I suspect if they went ahead with this that the two would go hand-in-hand, that they'd significantly loosen the criteria, since that would mean more revenue

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     chjara (chjara@snowdin.town)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Nov-2022 02:39:30 JST chjara

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     • Evelyn fra denne andre øya
     @evelyn @thatonecalculator yep, musk is talking about expanding user verification so it's an attempt to monetize twitter users in general
     after all, twitter's close to sinking and musk just rammed it into another iceberg
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     ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey: (thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Nov-2022 02:40:40 JST ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey:

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     • Volpeon :drgn_fire:​:drgn_scream:

     @volpeon@mk.vulpes.one The wording is very misleading in that article tbh, frankly it could end up going either way. We'll have to see on the 7th (when the """feature""" releases)

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     Volpeon :drgn_fire:​:drgn_scream: (volpeon@mk.vulpes.one)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Nov-2022 02:40:41 JST Volpeon :drgn_fire:​:drgn_scream:

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     @thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me "The directive is to change Twitter Blue, the company’s optional, $4.99 a month subscription that unlocks additional features, into a more expensive subscription that also verifies users, according to people familiar with the matter and internal correspondence seen by The Verge."
     "that also verifies users"This sounds to me like you can buy the checkmark

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     Cat Operated Human :astro: (bec@peoplemaking.games)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Nov-2022 02:55:05 JST Cat Operated Human :astro:

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     • igwigg

     @thatonecalculator @volpeon @igwigg The exodus is about to get bigger, though I think most verified accounts would just go to instagram instead of trying to learn to navigate this place. Not that I doubt the average blue check’s intelligence or anything… :meowsmirk:

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     ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey: (thatonecalculator@stop.voring.me)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Nov-2022 02:55:49 JST ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :calckey:

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     @Bec@peoplemaking.games @volpeon@mk.vulpes.one @igwigg@mk.igwigg.space inb4 all blue checks get coerced to join some random soapbox instance :spamtroll:

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     aetios (aetios@ak.kawen.space)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Nov-2022 03:00:51 JST aetios

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     @thatonecalculator that's like 1% less bad
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     Cat Operated Human :astro: (bec@peoplemaking.games)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Nov-2022 03:02:15 JST Cat Operated Human :astro:

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     • igwigg

     @thatonecalculator @volpeon @igwigg They could have their own special verified instance that we can all secretly block, we just have to contribute to its upkeep… like donating to a zoo.

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