@@LiteralmenteUmaMulher They said they are clinically depressed. That means they are diagnosed and therefore have sought treatment. Please use your head.
I came back when the Queen died, had a blast for a few days, and a week later promptly realized how much of my life was already being sucked back into it so I deleted the app again. I am truly happier without it. looking back I only ever reached for it when I was absolutely devoid of any other source of dopamine.. I think that says a lot about what it was doing for (and to) me. I genuinely feel more healthy playing an MMO for dopamine hits than using Twitter, how screwed up is that?
I usually never pay for something if I can use it for free, but the urge to buy a checkmark and talk about unions using elons image is just... so strong
Yall probably subscribe to streamers on twitch to have your comment lost in a wall of text still though, and unlock a few trash emotes that you can get for free with channel points anyway. Thats the same type of chromosome lacking nonsensical money burn as a check mark.
“He’s not just a regular moron, he’s the product of the greatest minds of a generation, working together with the express purpose of building the dumbest moron who ever lived. And you just put him in charge of the entire facility.” -PotatOS
@@B0r3Dude apparently he was going to offer free speech in twitter.. considering he makes the worst ideas (yes, mars colonization is a dumb fucking idea -_-) i don't think it's gonna go well lmao..
The problem is the blue checkmark verification became a status symbol instead of what it’s meant to be- a verification that the person speaking is *verifiably* behind their statements.
I would say that it was both. I also think checkmarks were given out a little too liberally. A whole legion of journalists with like 100-1000 followers tops somehow got them lol not that it matters anymore. Elon will probably backtrack on this somehow because everyone’s pissed at him right now
The checkmark thing is very weird. I thought the whole idea of the checkmark is to verify you are the actual person and not some impersonator. If he wants to do subscriptions he can implement some premium accounts with additional features, like they exist in RU-vid and Spotify.
This is what confused me so much. Didn't twitter already have a subscription service for a "premium" account or something? I swear I watched a video of someone testing it (it was shit, but at least it would be better to just improve that instead of making this new, bigger shit).
That's the part I'm still scratching my head about Didn't someone filed a lawsuit against Twitter because of someone pretending to be them on Twitter Shit why is it only Twitter being verified is such a shit show on RU-vid and Instagram the process is fairly simple
He said public figures would have a separate subtitle saying they are public figures. I see this as being for your average joe who wants to advertise their own Twitter because it puts your tweets at the top, similar to how instagram works. 8$ is too much for just that, and it should really be zero ads like RU-vid, but you're still getting more than the "super follower" thing.
I'm so happy that you said all of that, there's people that saying that stephen king should not be bothered by this and pay because his rich, just because you're rich doesn't mean that you should have to pay for every dumb thing, and there's people who used the verified thingy and are not rich
Imagine actively using Twitter anyway, anyone who is serious on twitter deserves to pay for a checkmark that means nothing and can be easily replicated lmao
I would pay if I wouldnt see bots anymore. I think plenty of people would too. You will still have to go through a verification process if you are celebrity. I cannot believe that people actually think Musk is some dumb retard that doesnt have clue about what he is talking about. You cannot be in 0,000001% and be dumb. World doesnt work like that
The point of a checkmark is to prevent spam accounts pretending to be people, I've never been more astounded with how much companies abuse this idea, even GameJolt removed the checkmark from people they didn't like.
Twitter gives it away like candy to people that aren't in threat of their IDs being stolen. Glad Musk is forcing those that would actually need it to pay for it. Additionally his checkmark thing has been in the works before he took over. Charlie's stupid
Well and the way that people used to get verified for the media was awful. News orgs would just contact them and ask to get this person verified so they'd be taken more seriously. And people running ten thousand falsely verified accounts on a bot chain to influence perception of popular opinion now have to shell out some money to do damage to our social cohesion.
I mean the checkmark system is already bullshit that only gives narcissistic asshats verification who more so use it as a "I'm Special" badge already anyways, and it doesn't matter if you're a popular figure Twitter will just straight up deny you a checkmark if they don't like you or disagree something you've said publicly. This would just make it bullshit in a different way. Besides, I WANNA see Twitter burn. So - you do you Elon, keep steering this ship directly into that rocky reef over there. Saying "people will only laugh at blue checkmarks" changes nothing, because people already laugh at blue checkmarks. Also, did any of you guys see media get trolled over the Twitter buyout? Once it was announced Elon was doing lay offs, a bunch of big media journalists rushed over to the main San Francisco offices and interviewed to supposed "engineers" who had just gotten fired. "Rahul Ligma" and "Daniel Johnson". Ligma and Johnson. Ligma. Johnson. Highlights of the interview: "I've gotta go touch base with my husband and wife, now if you'll please excuse me." "If Elon owned Twitter, Michelle Obama and Barack's presidency wouldn't have been possible!" pulls out Michelle Obama's book from his box, suggesting he kept it on his work desk.
@@evanamundson5800 the moment twitter's "people" started to think verifying someone means supporting is when it became useless...cuz then Twitter took away people's checkmarks, doesnt matter if theyre controversial or a shit person, its supposed to clarify if this bullshit being spewed is from them or a troll
@@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897 I'll tell you what worries me. If anyone can pay to get a checkmark people will start impersonating others or even make scams
After learning about the loan that was needed for him to buy Twitter, I must say it’s been incredible to see a website finally become less profitable than tumblr
@soled25 I agree. He could've paid it all himself if he really needed to. Having investors means you have other influential people who do not want this company to fail also. People bitch and bitch about how bad twitter is,then elon starts doing something about It and people bitch about that. Dude can't win. At the end of the day if people don't like the app, find a different one or don't use it rite? 🤷
Love that Charlie was like “twitter can’t get any worse and I know everyone will tell me I’m wrong but I can’t be wrong Elon can’t make it worse” and now he’s openly saying he’s been proven wrong almost immediately after that it’s hilarious
No one I know uses twitter either. Most twitter users were probably driven out way before Elon Musk. Its funny cus I live in America and my grade 5 teachers from New Zeland and I remember her talking about how trash twitter was back in 2015 lol
Living through it has made a lot of us want to be somewhere else far away from the madness that facebook, Twitter and tik tok have inflicted on our society. The people I know who use them are insufferable piles.
This is like taking your antibiotics, but stopping half way through. He's going to knock out some bots that can't or won't pay the $8, but making those that will pay that much stronger.
I think people are failing to see that you have to attach a bank account to pay for it. So it would be pretty stupid scamming people if that's on your card.
Yup. People have acted like a blue checkmark is some sort of virtuous symbol of authority. This should fix it... A bit. Read up on The Intercept how the government via DHS worked with Twitter to mass censor anyone who disagreed with them.
Hear hear; if anything maybe Elon is trying to slowly murder Twitter on the lowkey. If he is dead serious about the Superfollowers idea, then he's crazier than even his most vehement detractors thought.
Elon Musk is one of the world's greatest specialists in Ego, thanks for the astronomical amounts of navel gazing he has in his portfolio. He knows very damn well what he's doing.
@@willfakaroni5808 Tim Pool made a video on how it actually looks like, especially the premium $20 one. It fixes verification (and more than likely, prevents duplication of names that scammers can take advantage), adds tools like personalization (hints at longer tweets), edit button, etc., Tweet priorization and reply prioritization, etc. I like the idea just to remove all those pretenders who thought they are contributing to society by having blue checkmark rants, when now, they have to think twice before posting because they paid to a checkmark with a name attached to them, and people will now have the gall to call them out of their useless takes because they paid just to have such useless take
i mean its literally the biggest social media site and can easily dictate and manipulate things like world elections and spread false information as if it hasnt been doing that for a decade now. you really undermining the power and problem of Twitter as a global issue
this is somewhat a good idea if they made it like you pay 8$ a month to keep the badge if you meet the requirements cause that amount is no big deal for an "internet celebrity" it is a bad idea if average joe can get the badge for 8$
@@Shizzy5321 But now they are moving the same verification to be a simple text with the blue checkmark being a cosmetic item. I see this as a win since we get so many intital blue checkmarks thinking that they are better than anyone.
@@ipman3249 That would be fine. However now people with blue checkmarks will get prioritised replies which, while not worth 8 pounds, is against the free speech he is going for.
sure but thats the whole point, to take away the 'grandeur' of having a blue checkmark to lord over people on a social media platform. complaining about it is missing the whole point.
This idea sounds like something my grandpa could've thought if he was suddenly put in the command chair of twitter and everyone demanded him an idea to bring in more money
@@HarpsiFizz Just because you aren't perceptive enough to see something without it being spoon fed to you by a youtuber doesn't mean it's not true. ChrisWarcraft is now suspended for said tweet and account name.
Yeah, buying followers is quite easy... Right now a lot of known people don't have checkmarks for no reason when at the same time strange suspicious people have checkmarks... Checkmarks should be more serious and probably should generate money somehow because significant amount of effort is needed to verify people PROPERLY and ban scammers and bots. Lack of checkmarks doesn't mean lack of verification - people still will be verified internally because such info have to be used to fight with bots and scams in general (so without visible checkmark you probably just won't be prioritized and won't send visible signal to people). How good is this idea from pure "we want less scam" perspective (because there are other arguments as well) will depend on execution because it can potentially make things worse, but at the same time it can make things better especially if they would put effort into tracking and analyzing scams (which will be easier without warning signals like checkmarks). Charlie have no idea what he is talking about, bet there is a chance that he might be right especially in short term (because improvements can take some time)
@@timrim9405 the verification process doesn’t need to be improved even slightly at the moment, though, so the idea there will be 100 verified “The Rock” Twitter accs is a moot one.
A journalist with a handful of followers can have a checkmark, just to gloat about it. It’s a power trip for some people, added to that bot followers. It’s good to see it become undermined.
@@Hibernial yes, charlie doesn't get the point that paying for the checkmarks now and allowing everyone to have it, destroys the sense of superiority of those entitled people, is not really about money since the profit from this stunt is just a few millions
@@Hibernial ah yes because of a few tools you gonna overhaul the entire system But let see something The verification system was made to distinguish between the official celebrities, scientists, businesses and other people What's stopping people from doing that now Please explain I don't want this to be one sided
People need to stop convincing themselves that Elon’s bad ideas are intentional or just him trolling. Just because he shitposts unfunny memes on his Twitter feed doesn’t mean he is going to buy and then intentionally run into the ground a multi billion dollar company as a “meme”.
I mean it was lol. If you are getting into a beef with like dream vs a beef with like me, dream's fans will attack you while I do not have millions of people behind me
@@joeywin42 They still will be. What do people not understand about "becoming verified"? You and I can't pose as Nintendo and suddenly put out fake announcements about the next Zelda: "Journey Through Link's Pubic Region". It's hilarious how anyone thinks expanding a service to take in money will somehow make it less successful at weeding out the bad.
Conspiracy theory: He came out with the worst idea first and is going to further modify it to make people feel like he listens to feedback and then arrive at something where everyone thinks "Ok, that's more reasonable" even though if he had introduced it like that in the first place, he'd have gotten pushback for it because it's still bad.
I think removing "Verified Status" from society is a net positive. Verified by who exactly? The filth he just removed from Twitter? Good riddance to verified status IMO. The fact that Charlie says "I wouldn't take a check mark seriously anymore" is hilarious because it suggest he took it seriously before. "Anyone can do it now!" As opposed to only people who are approved by the biased criminals that used to run twitter. What a small brain take.
@@YRO. this "bandwagon hater" or "fanboy" bit is getting tired and old. any time you don't join the mob, you're immediatley blowing the balls off the person you simply don't want to burn at the stake. like, there is such a thing as nuance and differing opinion that isn't one extreme or another.
I love musks idea and I think a checkmark should be 100 usd a month, i dont fucking care, it doesnt affect me. pay for it, you can afford it. If you take it to heart, dont fucking use twitter or do not pay for the checkmark
Honestly this sounds the exact same thing as being a member to a RU-vid channel or sues over on twitch. Will never understand why people waste money to follow strangers on the internet
@@lawrencetalbot8346 well, atleast with the two options you presented you chose to support a creator because you like their work. The twitter system isnt even that, unless you love Musk
the whole haggling with stephen king was for sure just to embarrass king. there’s no way he respects the opinion of a bleeding heart hyperliberal who’s never liked him, he was doing it entirely to humiliate king, like “oh, you can’t afford it? what if we dropped it a little bit, is that okay for you?” like i used to like king but he’s gotten wacky lately
Exactly - to frame it as Elon was “begging King” was absolutely ridiculous. After all, King is the one on, now Elon’s, platform. To suggest Twitter should pay King and not the other way around missed the point. It’s also a bit tongue in cheek of Musk to reply to King, as he’s now the “King of Twitter” - and “King” is actually just a lowly member of the kingdom Musk now owns. Really proving the lords and peasants point further. People like King are threatened their superiority from some blue pixels is being “threatened”. It has nothing at all to do with the money - $8, $20, it’s irrelevant.
@@bobbarter9771 no he said like the complete opposite, he had a meltdown over elon “begging” people for the subscription. really unusual behavior for charlie, he’s usually more analytical than that
That's what he's pretending to want to do to garner PR reputation points from his cult of "edgelords," but he'd never throw away money like that. His goal is endless economic power like every fraudulent billionaire before him. He'll use twitter as a propaganda tool to promote his businesses and boost his dumb ego.
its hilarious seeing all these 'celebs' so butthurt of their 'special' status being removed. They really believe they are better than you and deserve special priviliges.
@@Polytank1981 stupidity being called out is ALWAYS necessary. Perhaps we, as a society, wouldn't be in the shit situation we are if people weren't so afraid to tell someone else you're being an idiot
Boston dynamics make better robot that work, his Hyperloop idea is old form 1950s and a metro train would've done the job but he can't profit form public transit, his rocket gotten nowhere and it is really space worthy, his self driving cars crashing into things or go offline unexpectedly, his cyber truck got nowhere this guy like to think he l Tony Stark but he more like 13 year with a an ego
I LOVE the thumbnail to this video. It reminds me of that one vine of the kid with 2 spoons over his eyes..."What are you doing?" "Mmmmmmblocking all the haters..." LUL
I can't tell if this is sheer incompetence or if he's intentionally destroying it out of spite. Either way, Twitter getting a stake through the heart is good for society in general
And lost 44 billion in the process. This is also affecting tesla stock price because he’s tied himself so publicly to the company. His stupidity and arrogance is now on show for the world to see
yeah and then all the nasties will find another social media or make one so they can continue what they were doing...killing twitter doesn't solve the issue it just empowers people to find other ways spread awful stuff
this is the biggest brain play i’ve seen. You turn the check mark into a pay to win item and then introduce the Battle Pass of different check marks and effects they can have.
Yes, I'm all for twitter going full on microtransactions and pay to win. Either the site implodes or the twatterati shell out exorbitant amounts of cash in a desperate attempt to stay relevant
For reals. More tha half of the comments are pissed and are nit-picking Elon's actions because at the end of the day, they are just pissed he wanted to remove political biases.
7:05 Sorry Charlie but you’re 100% wrong… we constantly see people pay for completely worthless things online because they’re desperate for online approval and validation. (i.e. Instagram likes and followers, RU-vid views, likes and subs, Facebook likes, etc… it quite literally happens all the time and this will be no different.)
How is being a super follower worse than being a Twitch sub? Isn't it just supporting your favorite creator. I'm confused. The way Charlie described it, it seemed that way and I'm not on Twitter so I'm not familiar with it.
Yeah the amount of mental gymnastics and cognitive dissonance present in his criticisms of the plan are undeniable. It's hard to say paying for Twitter perks is a waste of money when on Twitch, people pay for certain emojis and different tiers of subscription. Just like people can support a creator on Patreon and get exlusive access or different perks/benefits depending on the subscription. IMO this is less about "muh bad business decision" and more about the precious little "boy scout badge" Charlie himself calls it in this video. The fact that he said *"NOW* he won't take anyone with a checkmark seriously" speaks volumes and just proves Elon's point in the first place. *Having a checkmark NOW, before any changes, doesn't make anyone better than anyone else.* Or make any opinion more valid than another. Yet it's weaponized to do just that... this will level the playing field, make the verified badge accessible to everyone instead of some behind-closed-doors, gatekept system that isn't black and white, and won't affect the majority of users who could care less or give a shit about being verified... The only people big mad are upset because they're little blue tick is now being "devalued" and thus, are making a mountain out of a molehill about it. The majority of Twitter users should just shrug and care less tbh. If you weren't a Twitter Blue subscriber before, and think spending money on Twitter is stupid, cool. Also, people have paid more than Elon is talking just to queue tweets with services like Buffer for example... I would imagine even some of the content creators up in arms like Charlie have spent money on queueing services like Buffer, and are now acting like $8 is highway robbery lol. Just goes to show it's not about the money, it's about a sense of superiority they can't stand to have threatened.
@@zachariah7114 On twitch you're paying to support a singular creator and in return you receive practical and sometimes substantial micro rewards. What is buying a blue tick going to do outside of line Elon's already full pockets with little (if anything) in return? And bro the excuse that people care as much as you say about checkmarks is ludicrous. It's just a stupid idea. If everyone has one, firstly I'll laugh at them for wasting money on a stupid feature and it's just instantly devaluing it to the point of "ok then what's the point?". Your first mistakes was comparing twitch subs to a blue checkmark on twitter. It's not the same ballpark. Also depending how it's implemented it opens up the flood gates to scammers quite easily. Half the point of a verified checkmark is the person is legit. Now if it's supposedly meant to carry a similar meaning, it'll just invite an even worse crowd to the platform. There's too many holes in his little business strategy that only exists because he's got a 44 mil hole in his pocket. And man comparing it to discord nitro, YT red as well? Those aren't a "status" mate. Those are personal perks where you receive a genuine benefit from. It's not a symbol to bolster your legitimacy.
He's not trying to stop bots, he's monetizing them. If the bots double in number but start making him money, that'll be a great success in his book. Hell, they may become his most solid source of revenue from that accursed site.
do you think someone running bots is going to pay 8 dollars per bot every month to keep them verified? They could i just dont know how effective that would be for the guy paying all the money
No, that was Tumblr. When Yahoo opened the Tumblr box, it let loose a wave of infected furries, otherkin, and just outright freaks that have been infecting sites (especially Twitter) ever since.
“We need to pay the bills somehow. Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers” Translation: “I bought a company that does not run a profit as it currently is, please pay my bills for me”
its possible the whole point is to make money off scammers. they buy the account, get banned, buy another. just a money stream. almost like how some video game devs are sketchy with that.
I get why the change could be bad for scammers but I genuinely hate the idea behind what the blue check mark has become. I like the idea of having verified accounts so that you know the person you are following is who they say they are but it has just become an elitist thing. Like twitter could not verify every single user on the site, and people with 50 followers could get priority because they were ‘journalists’ at some company so their personal accounts could get verification so their bad opinions could be some sort of authority figure on the platform. It’s such a terrible system. Also, as a side note, Elon was not wrong about people who were getting verified scamming people. After Elon bought twitter, a verified account changed their name and profile picture to Donald Trump and claimed he was unbanned by twitter and was asking for donations. Just wanna put that out there. Also I think that Elon lowering the price is pathetic and he should have stuck to his guns.
