[deleted] t1_iuw6ep2 wrote on November 3, 2022 at 1:47 PM

Reply to comment by CremeImportant2347 in Why a Blue check mark is now $8 on Twitter and Elon Musk's Next Steps - A piece of speculative business non-fiction by BandicootKind705

Yeah but an extra 30 million a year for what? To fund his goal of going to mars? I don't use Twitter personally, but there is no transparency over why 8 dollars over 4 or 2 or 1, or 15.

CremeImportant2347 t1_iuwc4oo wrote on November 3, 2022 at 2:28 PM

I agree he doesn’t need another $30 million, which was my point that it’s pocket change to him.

The transparency over “why”’is just what are people willing to pay? if people will pay $100/month they’ll charge that, if people won’t pay anything then they can’t charge anything. Some people think Twitter is worth a lot to them and they’ll pay but others, like me, wouldn’t pay a dime for Twitter as it currently exists. They will pick a price point that they believe will maximize their revenue. They just don’t know what that is at the moment so numbers are all over the place.