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OriginalCompetitive t1_j98etgm wrote

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

No, you’re a person - or more likely a company - that cares about monetizing your name and reputation as a brand. For a lot of people, $8 a month is a rational financial investment.

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psychedoutcasts t1_j98ftd2 wrote

Found the idiot.

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OriginalCompetitive t1_j98legl wrote

Take Donald Trump, for example. He basically won the presidency based on a blizzard of free tweets. In a rational world, Twitter should have charged him hundreds of millions of dollars for that media access. And it would have been worth it to him.

Now apply that to every politician in the country.

And to every corporation.

And every sports team.

And every wealthy celebrity.

And every “influencer.”

These people will pay big money for an unfiltered bullhorn to the world. It’s a no brainer for Twitter, etc. to charge them.

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LeentjeNL t1_j9902pk wrote

Yes I get that, but they need the audience otherwise it doesn’t work at all. I don’t know if and how long the people are accepting this new format.

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OriginalCompetitive t1_j9ag5xd wrote

Sure, but you don’t charge the audience. It’s a voluntary fee that you only pay if you want a verified ID.

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