Is Twitter’s ‘blue tick’ a status symbol or ID badge? And what will happen if anyone can buy one?

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:36:58 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/is-twitters-blue-tick-a-status-symbol-or-id-badge-and-what-will-happen-if-anyone-can-buy-one-193856>

"Following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter on October 27, the world’s
richest man proposed a range of controversial changes to the platform. With
mounting evidence that he is making it up as he goes along, these proposals are
tweeted out in a stream-of-consciousness manner from Musk’s Twitter account.

Primarily to raise revenue, one of the ideas was to charge US$8 a month to
obtain a verified status – that is, the coveted blue tick badge next to the
account handle.

Within the space of a few days, the paid verification change has already been
rolled out in several countries, including Australia, under the Twitter Blue
subscription service."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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