[ExI] Capitalistic Corruption

[Gadersd]

> On the contrary.  You can still post without Twitter blue and people will still see it if they follow you.

What if one doesn’t have any followers? Then no one finds your posts and so you don’t obtain any new followers. Any time I post anything it always falls at the very bottom below the hundreds or thousands of twitter blue users. It is a paid speech platform where your voice can be heard if you are willing to shell out enough cash.

> From a business perspective, I don't see how any business can provide a service which costs money without charging something for it.  Do you?  Twitter was within a few weeks of bankruptcy with Musk bought it.  Somehow he has managed to bring it back to at least break-even.

I am sure there is a way to monetize the platform without making it pay to win views. I am fine with regular ads. I have a problem with nearly every tweet I see being from an influencer who paid to promote his/her posts above the rest.

> On May 13, 2023, at 10:17 PM, spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> ...> On Behalf Of Gadersd via extropy-chat
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>>> ... You can post whatever you want.
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>> ...The problem is no one sees it unless I pay $8 a month for twitter blue...
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> On the contrary.  You can still post without Twitter blue and people will still see it if they follow you.
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> The blue check doesn't mean the payer is credible.  It only means the payer paid.  You can follow non-blue Tweets.
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> From a business perspective, I don't see how any business can provide a service which costs money without charging something for it.  Do you?  Twitter was within a few weeks of bankruptcy with Musk bought it.  Somehow he has managed to bring it back to at least break-even.
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> spike
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