[SamAdams76]

Despite the decline in engineers, Twitter seems to be running faster and improving every day. I guess the engineers they got rid of were more concerned about adding pronouns to their e-mail signatures and what the soup of the day was at the cafeterias.

Twitter now gives a blue checkmark to anybody willing to pay $5/mo for the service. I might sign up shortly for that.

Free Republic should do something like that. Charge a nominal monthly fee in exchange for a "checkmark" or some other recognition on their profile. Seems a small and insignificant thing but many people will pay it for the status symbol alone. I know I was motivated to pay $30/mo here to be in the "dollar a day club" but that seems to have fallen by the wayside.

Would certainly cut down on or eliminate the constant Freepathons.

I'm thinking there is a legal reason Free Republic can't do that however. Too bad.

[JonPreston]

I would pay Jim for two checkmarks, one on each side of my name

✅JonPreston✅

[Renfrew]

What Twitter does isn’t too complicated. Even 550 engineers still seems like a lot.

[GingisK]

I’d pay for the ability to edit. ;-D Then I wouldn’t always look so dumb.