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I've been told that engineers have been instructed to put the Official Checkmark on specific person's pages by Elon, by way of, and I quote, "editing the html or some poo poo. It's not hard to put an image on a website, I did it on geocities all the time you idiots." Fascinating stuff.
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The Modern Leper posted:Doesn't this just undercut any demand from those organizations most willing and able to pay $8/month for verification? Not really. The new checkmark thingamabob has nothing to do with verification anymore. The new checkmark is effectively the official tag. The blue check mark only serves to identify people dumb enough to burn 8 bucks monthly in the hope daddy Musk notices them.
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Nov 9, 2022 01:29
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Unperson_47 posted:If what someone said about mastodon owning copyright to everything posted there is true, that's kinda hosed and should change. That's not mastodon, that's a different alt-social network called cohost. (Which is run by a bunch of people who seem like they're not assholes and write manifestos that cite Maciej Ceglowski and other good thinkers. So it kinda sounds like they had their ToS drafted by a lawyer and they didn't pay enough attention to it, which isn't great but may bot have been intentionally malicious.)
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Nov 9, 2022 01:29
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Happy Landfill posted:You know what? I take it back. Elon is funny. 44 billion dollarydoos for a second verification check mark that's separate from the one you pay money for and to have the gall to announce this like it's any different from the thing he was previously railing against is really loving funny. I like how this "solution" is legitimately just a worse thing for everyone involved. Now the only reason I can think of anyone would get the $8 tick mark is if you are purposefully trying to pretend to be a legit verified account and just hope people want notice the account doesn't have the second tick. Other than that utterly useless. It's so of impressive with how bad a comprise he ended up with.
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Nov 9, 2022 01:33
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Gros Tarla posted:Not really. The new checkmark thingamabob has nothing to do with verification anymore. Yeah, but the $8/month was originally sold as verification, and there was at least some hope that CNN or Procter & Gamble would cough up to have a blue check (until everyone pointed out how stupid it was, and a bunch of comedians got kicked off Twitter). If CNN can just get marked as "official," then yeah--your entire market is Elon fanboys. That can't be much.
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Nov 9, 2022 01:37
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afkmacro posted:This is probably because it was easier for the remaining devs to implement a new “blue check” than to go back fix the clusterfuck caused by letting anyone buy it in the first place, I’d bet money that they didn’t have time or the expertise to undo the fuckery. Will be interesting to see how it works for the API that third party clients use.
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Nov 9, 2022 01:37
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The Modern Leper posted:If CNN can just get marked as "official," then yeah--your entire market is Elon fanboys. That can't be much.
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Nov 9, 2022 01:39
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Yeah part of the appeal of the pay is you would be just as important as any celebrities or politicians. This kind of crashes that so even fanboys can’t really have much a reason to pay
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Nov 9, 2022 01:39
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Lol Elon will call it plat
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Nov 9, 2022 01:43
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The best part of the new secret check mark is that Elon is absolutely going to weaponize it against celebrities he doesn't like
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Nov 9, 2022 01:45
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LMAO, she pulled an 80-hour week and slept in a loving conference room for this
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Nov 9, 2022 01:46
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kazil posted:The best part of the new secret check mark is that Elon is absolutely going to weaponize it against celebrities he doesn't like for sure. he might even come up with a special mark for his enemies. possibly Star of David?
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Nov 9, 2022 01:47
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Elon: I invented the Official checkmark, also the term "prime the pump"
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The Modern Leper posted:Yeah, but the $8/month was originally sold as verification, and there was at least some hope that CNN or Procter & Gamble would cough up to have a blue check (until everyone pointed out how stupid it was, and a bunch of comedians got kicked off Twitter). Was it? My understanding was that the 8$ was just for the checkmark, with no verification. The questions about the dilution of its meaning is what prompted the new tag. I may be wrong, this poo poo show moves at an astonishing pace. But my interpretation is what sounds like the dumbest possible thing you could do so I’m pretty confident this is where Musk landed.
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Nov 9, 2022 01:52
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Klyith posted:That's not mastodon, that's a different alt-social network called cohost. Dunno anything about co-host but that guy's a massive prick
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Nov 9, 2022 01:55
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Some public figures So DT, TC, RP, and JR.
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Gros Tarla posted:Was it? My understanding was that the 8$ was just for the checkmark, with no verification. The questions about the dilution of its meaning is what prompted the new tag. The checkmark was kind of nebulous in what it was but Elon absolutely sold it as just like the old system but anyone could buy in
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CharlestheHammer posted:The checkmark was kind of nebulous in what it was but Elon absolutely sold it as just like the old system but anyone could buy in Because he didn't understand that it was for verification until all the advertisers pulled out over the weekend and a series of people patiently explained it to him. He probably still doesn't get it and this is just his sop to get people to stop pestering him
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CharlestheHammer posted:The checkmark was kind of nebulous in what it was but Elon absolutely sold it as just like the old system but anyone could buy in Ah, well I totally lost the plot then. Thanks for clarifying!
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Nov 9, 2022 02:00
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woke kaczynski posted:Dunno anything about co-host but that guy's a massive prick Long time no see and also I would like to know more about this
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Nov 9, 2022 02:04
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double blue checkmark exists because elon didn't want to admit he had a bad idea. but also what if say, the whitehouse just refuses to pay $10. do they get that 2nd checkmark or what?
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Strong Sauce posted:double blue checkmark exists because elon didn't want to admit he had a bad idea. Like he'd give the official mark to the white house occupant that stole the election
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gently caress I was gonna buy some Tesla puts today, forgot.
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madmatt112 posted:gently caress I was gonna buy some Tesla puts today, forgot.
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zedprime posted:I don't think you're supposed to talk about buying Africans anymore. You should probably apologize to the Tesla putz. yikes
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Nov 9, 2022 02:21
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I was thinking of this exact page today while reading about this
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Nov 9, 2022 02:23
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Lmaoooo https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1590153201093087233?t=pfbm29ioHQX_KVlMmd1EcA&s=19
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Esther is the worst type of engineer quisling - old enough she should loving know better than to run interference for a lovely boss, possibly THE shittiest boss. Just keep smiling and nodding and saying “on it boss” while you reach out to your industry contacts to gtfo asap
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smoobles posted:Lmaoooo Holy 
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Nov 9, 2022 02:37
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Told y’all dude was hurting for cash
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Isn't BNO just something that makes up unsourced headlines I mean I wouldn't surprise me in the least if it were true but
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Hmm, they do only have one check mark
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Justin Credible posted:Isn't BNO just something that makes up unsourced headlines https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/08/elon-musk-sells-at-least-3point95-billion-worth-of-tesla-shares.html
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Nov 9, 2022 02:43
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lol, lmao
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lol wonder if my Tesla savings account colleague will show up
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smoobles posted:Lmaoooo wooo
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CommieGIR posted:Always remember that Ford brought in Toyota engineers to redo their production lines in the 70s for the exact reason that they realized it was the only way they could advance That sounds interesting, you got any articles on it?
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lmao He's selling on election night hoping fewer people notice. He's hosed up and now he's scared.
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Wait, he apparently had 25% of Tesla before the Twitter deal. How much has this guy sold off? Tesla isn't even his company any more lol Dude is 100% gonna own Twitter and nothing else and it will rule.
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