by Chris Black
Yeah baby, let the good times roll. We’re in the business of making money, right?
Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit.
Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022
The truth is the Twitter blue check was very political, and they only offered it to people they liked.
Now it’s free for all. Well, not free, but you get the point.
What’s very disappointing is that Elon is leaving Yoel Roth in charge of censorship.
I mean, it’s kosher business as usual at Twitter.
This is exactly what we (or any company) should be doing in the midst of a corporate transition to reduce opportunities for insider risk. We’re still enforcing our rules at scale. t.co/CZudS4gBqo
— Yoel Roth (@yoyoel) November 1, 2022