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That’s really most of it — people rooting for Musk to lose. But there is also a real, financial aspect of where the math for Musk/Twitter doesn’t seem to work…..I'm not sure where this "Twitter is imploding" talk is coming from. Where is this coming from? Musk literally just bought the company 3 days ago. I'm not seeing anything regarding an "implosion" other than from Musk haters.
Greatest entrepreneur since the Vanderbilts and Gettys. Lots of jealousy to go around with regards to a person like that.
He gets to control the algorithm now, I think that was his primary motivation.That’s really most of it — people rooting for Musk to lose. But there is also a real, financial aspect of where the math for Musk/Twitter doesn’t seem to work…..I'm not sure where this "Twitter is imploding" talk is coming from. Where is this coming from? Musk literally just bought the company 3 days ago. I'm not seeing anything regarding an "implosion" other than from Musk haters.
Yeah, no doubt. Seems like he’s had buyers remorse in terms of the value he derives from controlling the algorithm vs the cost of that control……He gets to control the algorithm now, I think that was his primary motivation.That’s really most of it — people rooting for Musk to lose. But there is also a real, financial aspect of where the math for Musk/Twitter doesn’t seem to work…..I'm not sure where this "Twitter is imploding" talk is coming from. Where is this coming from? Musk literally just bought the company 3 days ago. I'm not seeing anything regarding an "implosion" other than from Musk haters.
I think he potentially loses billions on the deal, but he can afford it and people will still worship him. But I think there’s a way to fix the business model, get moderation figured out, and make it a successful acquisition long term. I think they need to start charging a monthly fee for posting privileges, or maybe a per-tweet fee. Something to curb all the bots and ****posters. Give an exemption to anyone with over a million followers. I don’t know. Musk is a genius so surely he’ll figure it out.That’s really most of it — people rooting for Musk to lose. But there is also a real, financial aspect of where the math for Musk/Twitter doesn’t seem to work…..I'm not sure where this "Twitter is imploding" talk is coming from. Where is this coming from? Musk literally just bought the company 3 days ago. I'm not seeing anything regarding an "implosion" other than from Musk haters.
It isn’t, I just wish it would (and take all of SM down with it)I'm not sure where this "Twitter is imploding" talk is coming from. Where is this coming from? Musk literally just bought the company 3 days ago. I'm not seeing anything regarding an "implosion" other than from Musk haters.
Yeah I really don’t understand those that wish for him to lose. His accomplishments are almost unfathomably hard to understand. Literally any single one of them could stand on their own as a monumental achievement. The guy has flaws but this achievements are undeniable.
But people don’t want to pay a fee. They think it should be free and will gravitate toward a different, free platform instead.I think he potentially loses billions on the deal, but he can afford it and people will still worship him. But I think there’s a way to fix the business model, get moderation figured out, and make it a successful acquisition long term. I think they need to start charging a monthly fee for posting privileges, or maybe a per-tweet fee. Something to curb all the bots and ****posters. Give an exemption to anyone with over a million followers. I don’t know. Musk is a genius so surely he’ll figure it out.That’s really most of it — people rooting for Musk to lose. But there is also a real, financial aspect of where the math for Musk/Twitter doesn’t seem to work…..I'm not sure where this "Twitter is imploding" talk is coming from. Where is this coming from? Musk literally just bought the company 3 days ago. I'm not seeing anything regarding an "implosion" other than from Musk haters.
I think the book Predictably Irrational covers this phenomenon. That it is much harder to go from free to a nominal fee than expected. It's called the zero-price effect. Combining this with the network-effect (ie. The value of social media increases when more people join/post) basically makes it impossible to charge for making social media posts.But people don’t want to pay a fee. They think it should be free and will gravitate toward a different, free platform instead.I think he potentially loses billions on the deal, but he can afford it and people will still worship him. But I think there’s a way to fix the business model, get moderation figured out, and make it a successful acquisition long term. I think they need to start charging a monthly fee for posting privileges, or maybe a per-tweet fee. Something to curb all the bots and ****posters. Give an exemption to anyone with over a million followers. I don’t know. Musk is a genius so surely he’ll figure it out.That’s really most of it — people rooting for Musk to lose. But there is also a real, financial aspect of where the math for Musk/Twitter doesn’t seem to work…..I'm not sure where this "Twitter is imploding" talk is coming from. Where is this coming from? Musk literally just bought the company 3 days ago. I'm not seeing anything regarding an "implosion" other than from Musk haters.
Kind of the same for me. However, I have noticed a few things...
If you are in the app, if you click on the button in the top right (the sparkly star thing), you can change between “home” and “latest tweets”. You may be set to home — change it to latest tweets. That shows latest tweets in your timeline just of people that you follow.
I think the book Predictably Irrational covers this phenomenon. That it is much harder to go from free to a nominal fee than expected. It's called the zero-price effect. Combining this with the network-effect (ie. The value of social media increases when more people join/post) basically makes it impossible to charge for making social media posts.But people don’t want to pay a fee. They think it should be free and will gravitate toward a different, free platform instead.I think he potentially loses billions on the deal, but he can afford it and people will still worship him. But I think there’s a way to fix the business model, get moderation figured out, and make it a successful acquisition long term. I think they need to start charging a monthly fee for posting privileges, or maybe a per-tweet fee. Something to curb all the bots and ****posters. Give an exemption to anyone with over a million followers. I don’t know. Musk is a genius so surely he’ll figure it out.That’s really most of it — people rooting for Musk to lose. But there is also a real, financial aspect of where the math for Musk/Twitter doesn’t seem to work…..I'm not sure where this "Twitter is imploding" talk is coming from. Where is this coming from? Musk literally just bought the company 3 days ago. I'm not seeing anything regarding an "implosion" other than from Musk haters.
I am interested to see how this charging for blue checks work out. I would think if you are going to charge for that, you would start out at a small nominal fee and increase it over time. The price leak might be just a way to normalize it for people. If people are expecting it to be $20, then it makes it look much more attractive when it is released and it costs $5.
No one works for Musk without knowing what his places are like. I work in aerospace and everyone knows what SpaceX is like. You trade a crazy work life for the cache of working there or a great resume filler.
My voice is my passport. Verify me.
Ah man a Sneakers reference. A+ brother.
Matthew Chapman
Hard disagree for me. In my experience, I've observed nearly zero correlation between "is verified" and "produces good content." If anything, my guess is that the correlation is a negative one.
Twitter is the best SM and it's not close. Him charging someone to be verified won't change that
I'm neither a fan or a hater. Can you elaborate as to why Musk is a "horrible person". He seems like a weirdo but most geniuses are a bit eccentric.
This has been my experience as well.
I'm assuming that people would still have to show that they are who they say they are to get verified, and that you wouldn't be allowed to just buy a checkmark for your "Stephen King" account. Obviously that would dumb otherwise.
Musk has mentioned being verified as a real person (by Twitter) but still being able to tweet anonymously. I’m not sure how that would work. I guess they could force me to be “Stephen King fan” instead of “Stephen__King” or something like that. Regardless, though, the blue check has value to users in identifying who a real famous person is. That’s what I use it for.
That’s a matter of personal opinion. I don’t agree or disagree. It just kind of depends. Some verified accounts are useless some are the most major drivers of information on the site. It just seems a little suspect to try and charge celebs and content creators money when they tend to be one of the driving forces behind why people join and use Twitter in the first place. Whether you like the content the someone has is almost irrelevant when they have 10 million people following them. That number alone demonstrates their ability to attract users.
And that assumes all of them pay which no way that happens. I would guess you cut those numbers by at least half. Financially not worth the potential disruption.
Excellent points. The charging does also create this idea of supporting Musk. He’s not the most popular guy on much of blue check Twitter so this adds another odd dimension to it.
I think the book Predictably Irrational covers this phenomenon. That it is much harder to go from free to a nominal fee than expected. It's called the zero-price effect. Combining this with the network-effect (ie. The value of social media increases when more people join/post) basically makes it impossible to charge for making social media posts.But people don’t want to pay a fee. They think it should be free and will gravitate toward a different, free platform instead.I think he potentially loses billions on the deal, but he can afford it and people will still worship him. But I think there’s a way to fix the business model, get moderation figured out, and make it a successful acquisition long term. I think they need to start charging a monthly fee for posting privileges, or maybe a per-tweet fee. Something to curb all the bots and ****posters. Give an exemption to anyone with over a million followers. I don’t know. Musk is a genius so surely he’ll figure it out.That’s really most of it — people rooting for Musk to lose. But there is also a real, financial aspect of where the math for Musk/Twitter doesn’t seem to work…..I'm not sure where this "Twitter is imploding" talk is coming from. Where is this coming from? Musk literally just bought the company 3 days ago. I'm not seeing anything regarding an "implosion" other than from Musk haters.
I am interested to see how this charging for blue checks work out. I would think if you are going to charge for that, you would start out at a small nominal fee and increase it over time. The price leak might be just a way to normalize it for people. If people are expecting it to be $20, then it makes it look much more attractive when it is released and it costs $5.
That's not how Musk is plugging it as though. He's really saying I know we need to verify everyone regardless of their content as both the content creator and the person consuming benefit from knowing that each other are real. I don't think that's a revolutionary idea (in a paper setting I know something is from the NYTimes and they know they are delivering their paper to a real address).
Oh, I see. My Twitter experience is read-only, and I definitely won't pay for that service. I like Twitter, but I would dump it in a heartbeat for a free alternative if they started charging users. Nobody needs to know who I am for me to read their tweets. Except in the case of breaking news, I don't really care about the identity of the person posting their takes either.
The concept seems counter intuitive.
