As Twitchy mentioned earlier, the idea has been floated to charge verified accounts to use Twitter. Hey, that blue check grants you a lot of credibility … why shouldn’t the New York Times pony up to have its reporters verified?
On the other side of the argument is that Twitter has verified people like David Hogg, who thinks that if anything, Twitter should be paying him for his awesome tweets that are just as often misinformation as they are insipid.
Verified people are a major reason why many people are on twitter in the first place. If anything they should be paying us. Verified accounts bring people to twitter and help with ad revenue.
— David Hogg ☮️ (@davidhogg111) October 31, 2022
Remember that one glorious moment when verified users were locked out of tweeting by accident, and it was just us normies in control of the conversation? It was pretty awesome.
A major reason twitter has stagnated in user growth in my view is because its just not a great platform for people to post about their daily lives the way instagram is. It most useful for journalists, political people and celebrities. All of whom are mostly verified.
— David Hogg ☮️ (@davidhogg111) October 31, 2022
Many other social platforms pay content makers twitter is one of the few that doesn't.
— David Hogg ☮️ (@davidhogg111) October 31, 2022
True. Which is what makes Twitter better.
Umm, no they don't.
— Foxy (@Ironman0509) October 31, 2022
LOLWUT
— Social Distance Champion (@realchrishynes) October 31, 2022
https://twitter.com/littleapostate/status/1587114322219638788
😂😂😂😂
— James III ✝️🇺🇸 (@goldengatewill) October 31, 2022
"Us" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
— ThanosWasRight🖕 (@GerryClouse) October 31, 2022
Do you trust verified accounts?
— Psalms 73 (@naryamie9) October 31, 2022
Don't even notice whether people have a check or not. People use Twitter because it is a way to reach way more people than a small subscription base for example. Don't expect many to leave even if they lose their check for that reason.
— Galen Oresick (@GalenOresick) October 31, 2022
Exactly.
https://twitter.com/jenneraub/status/1587146498034135040
Right. There's no legitimate reason why you or I shouldn't be "verified," for example.
— Patrick L. (@MiamiMaltBomb) October 31, 2022
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
— Brian Utt (@UttBrian) October 31, 2022
— Necro Baby (@JailTheEnglish) October 31, 2022
lmao. absolutely not
— Kenny Cody (@KDCodyTN) October 31, 2022
https://twitter.com/PrivateJoker9/status/1587180144107692032
“Verified accounts bring people to twitter…”
Yeah, to make fun of them. Enjoy paying $20 per month. 😂
— Ramen Numerals (@RamenNumerals05) October 31, 2022
You aren't worth twenty bucks a month.
— Susan DeLorme (@BayleyRose) October 31, 2022
David, most of us are on here IN SPITE OF the "blue checks".
— LucianLafayette (@LafayetteLucian) October 31, 2022
Let's try an experiment: leave Twitter, see how big of an impact it has.
— The Papa Lobe (@the_papa_lobe) October 31, 2022
Exactly. Since Hogg is a Twitter “influencer,” he should organize a walkout of sorts and see if Twitter shuts down.
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 30, 2022
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