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Can Twitter/X survive with the FR or Subscription model?
FR ^ | Nov 29 | RandFan

Posted on 11/29/2023 8:29:04 PM PST by RandFan

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1 posted on 11/29/2023 8:29:04 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

As long as I know how to love,
I know I’ll stay alive.
I’ve got all my life to live,
And I’ve got all my love to give,
And I’ll survive.


2 posted on 11/29/2023 8:45:30 PM PST by x (Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die? Oh no, not I.)
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To: RandFan

Itโ€™s all good - the prices of Teslas will increase to cover the costs


3 posted on 11/29/2023 8:51:43 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male ๐Ÿคช)
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To: RandFan

I may be wrong, but I read that Musk taking over Twitter has vastly increased the people using it.

Advertisors will never ignore such a large group of eyeballs.


4 posted on 11/29/2023 8:52:45 PM PST by PGR88
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To: PGR88; NWFree

They’re all pulling out ... The big ones Disney, Apple, etc.

The situation is critical from what I heard

Re: Tesla. They’re launching new products this week I think

Good timing!


5 posted on 11/29/2023 8:55:33 PM PST by RandFan
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I don’t think X owned by the world’s richest billionaire will have any financial problems.


6 posted on 11/29/2023 9:22:35 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (A truth thatโ€™s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: PGR88
I may be wrong, but I read that Musk taking over Twitter has vastly increased the people using it. Advertisers will never ignore such a large group of eyeballs.

It's not just a large group of eyeballs, it's a potentially massive group that the Propaganda Media and the shady companies like Google/Alphabet and Fakebook don't want to advertise to.

Elon Musk needs to have the programmers at X add advertisers where tweet viewers, both registered and unregistered, can select and de-select what types of ads they see. The depth and breadth of advertising would grow exponentially compared to woke agenda companies.

There's a market for "ads" that are really just notifications of new videos released by a webcaster.

There's a market for ads like the new Outlook app does where just two spam emails show up in your "Other" inbox, are deleted on exit, and are replaced with two new ones the next time you open the app.

I wouldn't mind seeing ads along the sides of a tweet that were tailored to me by my own choosing. Adding in anonymity for non-subscribers would increase the ad capabilities and users would welcome them.

I don't want to see a single ad about the NFL, MLB, or any woke sports nonsense. I don't want to see ads for television shows or Hollywood movies. I don't want to see tourism ads for Canada. I don't want to see ads for programmable temperature mattress covers.

I did appreciate the add for the DailyWire's "Lady Ballers" movie. I wouldn't mind ads for LuckyGunner, Palmetto State Armory, Brownells, Dell Computers, tools, Sweetwater, Stewart-MacDonald, Warmoth guitars, upcoming concerts, automobiles by type (for example: RWD with a V-8), men's clothing, etc. I wouldn't mind ads for books by category.

It would be great to be able to click on a category and have ads show up. For example, I'm looking for a sharpening stone set. I wouldn't mind seeing ads for them up until I buy one and then be able to turn off that category until I decide to revisit it. Everything, from nearby carwashes, eateries, and computer software could be in the ad selection menu.

It would also be great to be able to share my category with others so that if it works for me, I can send a code to a friend who can select it and have similar ads come through for them.

7 posted on 11/29/2023 9:56:13 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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Twitter will do just fine. Musk has plenty of money to fill in the gaps, and the advertisers will return, just like they did the last time they walked.


8 posted on 11/29/2023 10:10:10 PM PST by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Islamic Hamas.)
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Agreed. Advertisers will leave, find out X is filled with all sorts of comments directed at them (and they can’t respond because Elon will shut down their accounts as terms of their departure), and then come back to jacked up prices to try and quell the hate. That’s my prediction, anyway.


9 posted on 11/29/2023 10:19:40 PM PST by Retrofitted
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Grok?

No, please.

Heinlein was a great author, but Stranger in a Strange Land was not my favorite.


10 posted on 11/30/2023 12:07:59 AM PST by TheWriterTX (๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโœ๏ธ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ)
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To: RandFan

Musk is a smart fellow . He will figure out a way.


11 posted on 11/30/2023 12:36:13 AM PST by Nateman (If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
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To: Reno89519

I dont know if they will return

This is a co-ordinated effort to take him and the platform down.


12 posted on 11/30/2023 1:02:23 AM PST by RandFan
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To: Nateman

You’re right and the sub model is probably his way


13 posted on 11/30/2023 1:03:28 AM PST by RandFan
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1. Musk can save money by firing all the Trust & Safety personnel. They're there mainly to placate advertisers, and if advertisers leave anyway, then let's open the floodgates of free speech.

2. I think these tech companies make most of their money from data mining. Tracking users, tracking whose linking into what, etc. That income stream won't change.

14 posted on 11/30/2023 2:40:28 AM PST by Angelino97
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Advertisers will leave, find out X is filled with all sorts of comments directed at them (and they canโ€™t respond ... and then come back to jacked up prices to try and quell the hate.

Or they can sue for libel if such comments aren't removed. Even if they don't win, they can harass X.

15 posted on 11/30/2023 2:43:01 AM PST by Angelino97
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“Heinlein was a great author, but Stranger in a Strange Land was not my favorite.”

That’s OK - The Fountainhead wasn’t my favorite book but I still enjoyed it...

So, what are your thoughts on oatmeal for breakfast???


16 posted on 11/30/2023 3:15:39 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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It’s not Twitter...it’s X. Why is that so hard for the media and people in general.


17 posted on 11/30/2023 3:46:28 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: trebb

Oatmeal works, but only after I have baked it with raisins into delicious cookies.

Does that count as a breakfast food?


18 posted on 11/30/2023 5:30:23 AM PST by TheWriterTX (๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโœ๏ธ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ)
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To: PGR88

I’m still banned on Twitter.

I wonder how many conservatives are still locked out...


19 posted on 11/30/2023 5:33:15 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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It’s not about difficult.

Musk can call it anything he wants.

I can still call it Twitter.

Which I still am not allowed to use no matter what the heck I call it.


20 posted on 11/30/2023 5:35:21 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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