Twitter (ahem) "X" lost half its advertisers already. I don't think the site has the leverage to make such demands. If anything, it's going to push advertisers into the welcoming robot arms of Mark III Zuckerberg and Threads.

Hahaha

Enshittification Stage 3.

Seriously, why is it even a thing anymore? It's really sad that people are still even using the service. I understand the stories, because a train wreck is hard to turn away from, but why would you still want to be on board the train? Literally no one should be on that hellsite.

So what is stopping the companies from just paying the 9 bucks for the verified status and telling the muskrat to sod off?

South park couldn't come up with this level of "because x therefore x"

I heard that Twitter originally added verification because they were getting sued over imposters, so they added verification to delegitimize imposters and thus give less reason for others to sue them.

Now Musk is getting rid of verification en masse, so the original reason for the lawsuits will return.

Here's how to play it if you're a business who loses your Twitter verification:

1. Allow yourself to lose verification.
2. Make a backroom deal with some random person, have that person make a fake account for your business and buy verification. Have the person post some bad things under their fake and verified account.
3. Sue Twitter since they have verified the fake account and removed verification of the real account, and are thus committing libel.

I miss what Twitter used to be

Why anyone stays on twitter is beyond me. Musk is turning it into something toxic, akin to parler or truth social, and he's making decisions regarding it like it's his private BBS or a toy to be played with capriciously.

"I just reinstated a pedophile. Now pay me to put your ads on my SHIT" ~Elon "fascists are my best and only friends" Musk

X* ads.

A desperate ploy to repay the insatiable debt frin the purchase, or genius business move? You decide.

Twitter is still a thing? Color me surprised. It won’t be much longer.

Also, FUCK Elon Musky

wtf...musk is an idiot

The fuck is this meant to do? Will Elon ever realize that he's not improving Twitter in any way and is only making it worse?

I'm no businessman but this sounds like a good way to make companies move away from your platform.

What is this "Twitter" you speak of? Is it that dead blue bird?