Today in Musk Twitter: The Curse of the Blue Tick, The Fash of the Gold Tick

[solarbird]

“Far-right Britain First party given Twitter gold tick.” Britain First is literally a neo-nazi party. They also gave a blue check to the party leader. Twitter also gave one to a fake Disney parody account that likes to use racial slurs. Gold ticks are for verified companies and organisations.

This is what Twitter is now, and why you should leave.

Astonishingly bad business, and quite possibly a direct and repeated violation of False Endorsement law: “It’s an astonishing business story. Famous people from every walk of life you could think of have, in the span of a few days, grabbed their megaphones to tell the world they did not pay for a specific product. Imagine if they felt the need to tell you the same thing every time they passed a restaurant they didn’t want to eat at.”

“Musk trolled and punished people by forcing them to have blue checks, which were meant to be a sought-after status symbol that would drive revenue.”

Posted via Solarbird{y|z|yz}, Collected.

Comments

[vostoklake]

Leave Twitter? Just when it's getting hilarious?

[solarbird]

Can't say I find a social media site boosting calls for mass murder hilarious. Particularly not when staying active on it helps keep the money coming.