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Looks like you're going to have to pony up for Twitter
Twitter ^ | March 28 | Elon Musk

Posted on 03/27/2023 10:51:56 PM PDT by RandFan

@elonmusk

Starting April 15th, only verified accounts will be eligible to be in For You recommendations.

The is the only realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over. It is otherwise a hopeless losing battle.

Voting in polls will require verification for same reason.

(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...


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To: Jonty30
I don’t think Twitter can survive if he tries to turn it into a major money maker.

Consider this: Musk knows a hell of a lot more than almost anyone else about making money (and he's on the inside of Twitter, so he sees the various potentially profitable angles that we can't see).

If Twitter can turn a profit, Musk is the man to do it.

21 posted on 03/28/2023 2:52:34 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: DesertRhino

I think I will too.


22 posted on 03/28/2023 3:17:09 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: RandFan

I won’t.

I’m still banned for sone strange reason.


23 posted on 03/28/2023 3:30:48 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: RandFan
B99-D66-B3-945-A-49-E6-A62-A-F098561-E7-B2-A

24 posted on 03/28/2023 4:03:05 AM PDT by The Louiswu
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To: mass55th

You would make for good company and conversation in a bar.


25 posted on 03/28/2023 4:04:15 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (/s)
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To: RandFan

I started using Twitter after Musk bought it. Great source for news, etc. without censorship. I might pay the $7. There was a line from the movie ‘The Social Dilemma’ which said something like “If you aren’t paying for the product, you ARE the product.”


26 posted on 03/28/2023 4:07:58 AM PDT by BozoTexino (RIP GOP)
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To: mewzilla

And a note to Mr. Musk, since I can’t do it on Twitter...

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/elon-musk-calls-out-biden-for-calling-members-of-house-freedom-caucus-extreme-maga-republicans/

Mr. Musk, why didn’t you point out that there is no such thing as a shutdown. That most of Fedzilla gets deemed “essential” and rolls merrily along whether we need it or not.

If ATC gets shut down its because Deep State is putting the screws to taxpayers.

You left that bit out, pard.


27 posted on 03/28/2023 4:10:10 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: BozoTexino; FLT-bird

You can waste a lot of time scrolling through twitter but it’s interesting if you’re a news junkie there is nothing better

Many friends of ours (conservatives) have accounts so always good to follow them.

I think FLT is right we will soon take over that place as the libs won’t cough up.


28 posted on 03/28/2023 5:00:56 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: steve86

I hate articles that are nothing but a collection of tweets. Often, the article author will embed the tweet...and then copy and post the actual comment inside the tweet as a repeat. That’s not writing...that’s plagiarism.


29 posted on 03/28/2023 5:19:38 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: steve86

In the years I’ve been on Twitter I’ve posted less than a half dozen times. It’s the videos of events and posts of various organizations I have followed that keep me there. I understand why Musk is doing it, but if I have to pay him a monthly fee, I stop going there. I would rather give money to FreeRepublic, but I can’t even do that right now.


30 posted on 03/28/2023 5:31:30 AM PDT by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
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To: Dave W

“It distributes information incredibly fast.”

It distributes disinformation even faster.


31 posted on 03/28/2023 5:37:17 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: Pelham

I’m sending him $9/month and not whining.


32 posted on 03/28/2023 6:13:24 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: RandFan

Buy one share of Tesla stock and pay the Twitter fee from the Tesla monthly gain


33 posted on 03/28/2023 6:15:10 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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To: KTM rider

Elon is essentially red pilled now. He’s far from an idiot or a deep state tool.


34 posted on 03/28/2023 7:09:30 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: KTM rider

Elon is a disruptive genius ranking with the greatest of the very great American businessmen


35 posted on 03/28/2023 7:13:57 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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To: Pelham
Musk is forcing narcissists to pay up in order to feed their need to feel special. They whine about it as send him $7.

They can have it.

36 posted on 03/28/2023 7:15:49 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Reno89519

You cannot have a completely free, unmoderated forum that won’t eventually get junked up to the point where it’s useless.


37 posted on 03/28/2023 7:17:38 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

And pay to play will filter things a bit. I pay, which validates that I am a real user. I do the same here on FR, though no one notices. And do the same on other sites that I regularly participate in (where they also, like Twitter, identify real users). Not a big deal, the amount of money is small.


38 posted on 03/28/2023 8:28:51 AM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis or Sanders, Anyone But Trump in 2024. Time for Trump to Stand Aside and Retire.)
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To: Fester Chugabrew
"You would make for good company and conversation in a bar."

Yeah, except I'd have to drink Diet Pepsi due to Type II diabetes, and I'd be forced to wear my hearing aids in order to hear you.

39 posted on 03/28/2023 11:31:04 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: dynoman

👍


40 posted on 03/28/2023 2:08:30 PM PDT by Pelham (Joe Biden, Brain of the American Left)
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