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Embarrassing: Elon is "paying" for blue checkmarks of celebrities even though they didn't agree to it (media.scored.co)
posted 3 years ago by user20461 3 years ago by user20461 +12 / -0
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– user20461 [S] 12 points 3 years ago +12 / -0

"paying" in quotes because there's no cost to adding, or maintaining, an HTML element to the side of their name.

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– Ahaus667 3 points 3 years ago +3 / -0

Well that and it’s 24 dollars a month to one of the worlds richest men. I’d assume traffic wise they are worth it, so if they really wanted to “rebel” they’d delete their twitter. However this sets a bad precedent for those that were willing to pay and now will wtf.

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– user20461 [S] 4 points 3 years ago +4 / -0

Well that and it’s 24 dollars a month to one of the worlds richest men.

Zero dollars, but I won't fight you over it.

However this sets a bad precedent for those that were willing to pay and now will wtf.

IMO those people don't care. Unless they run an actual business, they're just influencers who see that blue checkmark as clout, regardless of whether they deserve it or not.

Paying for a blue checkmark was only a good thing for people who had actually earned it, but were being denied for having the wrong opinions, although Elon could've done that himself if he were truly benevolent.

Everyone else who paid for it is just a filthy casual trying to make it as an influencer, which is a disease in today's culture.

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– when_we_win_remember 2 points 3 years ago +2 / -0

I think he's saying that he pays basically himself for their accounts.

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– ArchRespawnsAgain 8 points 3 years ago +8 / -0

Are you sure he isn't being sarcastic?

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– user20461 [S] 5 points 3 years ago +5 / -0

Fun fact: Trump's account lost verification, but Obama's account still has it. I don't believe for one second that Obama paid for Twitter Blue.

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– wackawacka 3 points 3 years ago +3 / -0

I don’t think Trump wanted to come back to twitter.

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– deleted 2 points 3 years ago +2 / -0
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– user20461 [S] 7 points 3 years ago +7 / -0

No, he didn't. I've kept tabs on his account for this very issue.

Before you think I'm a weirdo, it came up in an argument recently as to whether Trump was paying for Twitter even though he hadn't used it since being unbanned. It was just today his blue checkmark no longer shows up.

Personally, I just found out today about "Twitter Legacy" and "Twitter Blue" (the former being the free checkmark), but I always suspected that lots of these people weren't paying for their blue checkmarks.

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– GuestAccount69 5 points 3 years ago +5 / -0

WHAT!? Lebron and King! But, not Sorbo??? Commie plant CONFIRMED!

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– wackawacka 5 points 3 years ago +5 / -0

Shatner is fine but the other two are gay

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– alucard13mmfmj 4 points 3 years ago +4 / -0

I know a dude who does r34 porn. He applied for blue checkmark. And i guess they look at your page to review it. He got banned lol.

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