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Kombucha_Hivemind t1_j98dsr5 wrote

Reply to comment by Mr_Xolotls in Meta announces paid blue verification tick on Facebook and Instagram: Details by northmania

Until their users bleed away or die off, and they made some money in the short-term, but destroyed a future revenue stream.

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a_rainbow_serpent t1_j9921sj wrote

Bleed off to where? These twitter and Facebook accounts have replaced corporate PR departments and journalists in media channels. These corporate entities will not fund departments again to write email press releases and email out then follow up on engagement, when a few thousand dollars a year in licence fees allows them to remain in touch. Social media may feel like it’s “influencers” and giving voice to individuals it really is just corporate money all the way down.

Soon social media will be even more like Television or radio with a clear divide between licensed content creators and consumers. We are watching the death of social media as we have know it, which was born out of the death of open internet.

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Kombucha_Hivemind t1_j993c5q wrote

Where are younger people going now? Tik tok? Where did people go from My Space? There is nothing holding people to a social network, if enough people leave the social network it will die. The journalists and the corporations will follow the actual people, people don't follow the corporations.

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cloudxo t1_j9elicd wrote

So if Tik tok does the same thing by charging for a blue badge then what?

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stevemoveyafeet t1_j99hrem wrote

I'll be deleting FB and Insta if this ends up happening, probably won't be the only one to.

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