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Kid Berwyn

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36. So, he owns the only carpet in town.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #35)

Mon Oct 31, 2022, 06:09 PM

Oct 2022

One day, if he wants or must, he can sell it — in whole or in parts. By then, it’s likely he will have cornered all of the liquid capital on the planet and the rights to nearby mineable asteroids, so he can pay himself in cash or bitcoin.

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Musk is reportedly considering charging verified Twitter users $4.99/mo to keep verification. [View all] highplainsdem Oct 2022 OP

Monetization unweird Oct 2022 #1

Now how much to read those tweets? GreenWave Oct 2022 #2

Elon - desperate to monetize Twitter anyway he can. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #3

Someone suggested deleting the accounts that advertise on your time-line. littlemissmartypants Oct 2022 #4

Don't get me wrong pinkstarburst Oct 2022 #5

You bring up an interesting point, area51 Oct 2022 #8

Possibly, but I think he'll kill Twitter pinkstarburst Oct 2022 #28

That is true for now... sheshe2 Oct 2022 #9

This is interesting Nevilledog Oct 2022 #27

That's interesting! I had no idea AntivaxHunters Oct 2022 #29

Twitter is already selling your information BlueIdaho Oct 2022 #34

Well... bye Twitter! Initech Oct 2022 #6

Kind of funny when you think about it... sheshe2 Oct 2022 #7

Musk is reversing course a lot lately. Its starting to BootinUp Oct 2022 #10

Starting to look like TFG Captain Zero Oct 2022 #14

Good! Trump won't pay! LeftInTX Oct 2022 #11

He could do verified falsehood charges. Captain Zero Oct 2022 #15

... sheshe2 Oct 2022 #17

I don't have any reason to Cha Oct 2022 #12

Advertisers are leaving, I guess. ananda Oct 2022 #13

I think this sort of thing has been considered before FelineOverlord Oct 2022 #16

He should be paying verified users C_U_L8R Oct 2022 #18

Why not $5? It's a nice round number. Is that too much? Jack the Greater Oct 2022 #19

Yep. A nice $60/yr instead of $59.88 TheBlackAdder Oct 2022 #24

fuck twitter. fuck musk. NewHendoLib Oct 2022 #20

that 44 billion he just sank into this to preserve his ego isn't just going to grow on a tree Takket Oct 2022 #21

I'm seeing reporting that the figure is actually $20/mo not $4.99... RockRaven Oct 2022 #22

Stock value jumps? Kid Berwyn Oct 2022 #23

There is no stock value (in a traditional sense) brooklynite Oct 2022 #35

So, he owns the only carpet in town. Kid Berwyn Oct 2022 #36

Saw this: Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification Nevilledog Oct 2022 #25

That's accurate. n/t OhioChick Oct 2022 #26

When all the blue checks leave... mainer Oct 2022 #30

And by the way, I'm a blue check person mainer Oct 2022 #31

Yeah. I always look for the blue check LeftInTX Oct 2022 #32

I don't follow anyone pinkstarburst Oct 2022 #33

Some of us follow journalists and leaders in our fields mainer Nov 2022 #37

I use it professionally as well pinkstarburst Nov 2022 #38