"You should pay me to keep people using this platform"
"Yea, but like, what if you pay me less than $20 instead?"
Of course Elon missed the whole point lol
*whispers* it's why YouTube and Twitch pay content creators millions of dollars for exclusivity because they are what gets more users to use the platform *whispers*
"Yea, but like, what if you pay me less than $20 instead?"
Of course Elon missed the whole point lol
*whispers* it's why YouTube and Twitch pay content creators millions of dollars for exclusivity because they are what gets more users to use the platform *whispers*
Twitter’s getting rid of one of Blue’s best perks: ad-free articles. In a message sent out to publishers and forwarded to The Verge, Twitter says it “made the decision to discontinue Ad-free Articles, effective as of close of business today, October 31, 2022.” The news was first spotted by 9to5Mac.
Twitter included ad-free articles when it rolled out its $4.99 Blue subscription last year. The feature lets subscribers read articles without ads from participating publishers while also giving a portion of Blue’s revenue to those sites.
But Twitter says eliminating ad-free news should allow it to focus its “resources on adding additional value for our members.”So, uh, but that seems like an awesome value for members????
Mr. Musk could target many areas of Twitter for layoffs. The company has about $1.2 billion in annual sales and marketing expenses, a large portion of which goes to employees’ salaries, benefits and other compensation. But by cutting those costs, he risks getting rid of employees who have relationships with advertisers that would be hard to replace.No need for all those data centers if you kill all the traffic amirite
Then there is the $1.2 billion that Twitter spends annually on research and development, which also goes mainly to employee compensation. Mr. Musk could cut jobs there, too. But he has said he has grand plans for the site, like combating fake accounts and creating new ways to manage content, which require people to develop those tools. The kinds of engineers Mr. Musk has said he wants to hire are expensive.
There are other paths to slashing costs — like money spent on rent, data centers and additional expenses, which collectively cost the company more than $1 billion a year but may be harder to quickly shed.
i need the car companies to get their shit together and ruin this idiot.
the VW electrics seem to eat some of his lunch already. i see lot more of them than teslas these days.
the VW electrics seem to eat some of his lunch already. i see lot more of them than teslas these days.
By DY_nasty Go To Postelon needs to pick up the pace. im trying to see twitter in a casket by new yearsBest I get you is spring 23.
By RATHasReturned Go To PostJust burn it to the ground.I think that's what he's doing, just weird watching it in real time and technicolour.... 😐
By Lunatic Go To PostHonestly will grift his way to 2x Valuation
Ehhhh depends highly on his still unknown moderation policies. I agree if he changes very little.
By reilo Go To Posthalf as many ads wow how generous for $8/moImagine paying for something but still seeing ads.
Pay to prioritise yourself in search and replies as a way to defeat spam is potentially the smallest brained shit
I don’t get him. Is this what happens when you rail the train lady in Westworld? Like some hidden quest or some shit, what is this dude doing?!
By Crusher Go To PostI don’t get him. Is this what happens when you rail the train lady in Westworld? Like some hidden quest or some shit, what is this dude doing?!rich and surrounded by yes men, this is what a truly stupid person looks like when no one is near to shit on him
By Crusher Go To PostI don’t get him. Is this what happens when you rail the train lady in Westworld? Like some hidden quest or some shit, what is this dude doing?!He's a moron that didn't actually want to own this company, but he got stuck with it when they accepted his joke bid and courts forced him to follow through. There's no real plan here.
By Laboured Go To PostElon “Sprewell” Musk
Tbf in the field of bilking money from rich nation states on things he'll never deliver, Elon is, admittedly, unparalleled.
Even on that front he's not particularly original. We've long had "Bridges to Nowhere" and defense contractors pulling bullshit. The amounts Haliburton got paid during the wars versus the shit they actually did is some grade A grifting.
By Lunatic Go To PostHonestly will grift his way to 2x ValuationSaudis or Softbank to his rescue
By Daz Go To PostI think that's what he's doing, just weird watching it in real time and technicolour…. 😐Is this what our overlords wanted? Were they threatened that much by Twitter
By Not Go To PostIs this what our overlords wanted? Were they threatened that much by TwitterNo more getting cancelled.
It’s seem like he doesn’t understand what he bought to be honest. Like twitter tech isn’t what makes it successful. It’s that the app has become a defacto way for journalists, famous people and politicians to communicate.
Someone else posted this but it’s not like right wing d bags don’t have outlets. Gab, truth social, Reddit and 4ch. They want to be D-Bags on twitter because liberals use it. If liberals bail, twitter turns into a dead and quiet echo chamber. Not something advertising will be into.
Charging for verification and diluting the point of verification in the process just shows this IMo
Someone else posted this but it’s not like right wing d bags don’t have outlets. Gab, truth social, Reddit and 4ch. They want to be D-Bags on twitter because liberals use it. If liberals bail, twitter turns into a dead and quiet echo chamber. Not something advertising will be into.
Charging for verification and diluting the point of verification in the process just shows this IMo
By Lunatic Go To PostMoney isn't real it's not backed by gold! God some of y'all are hilarious 😂
I mean sure but also he can be a moron and the richest person in the world. He’s a talented pumper tho lol
By Xpike Go To PostYou can be as dumb as you want if your papa had a ton of moneynot for long lol
im blown how yal are so wrapped up in this dude. he's not even a top 10 billionaire jackass
Imagine being this rich and powerful and being dumb enough to put your head above the fucking parapet.
By Kibner Go To PostHe's possibly the most visible, thoughits almost like people don't realize they're marketing for him but what do i know
By Laboured Go To PostImagine being this rich and powerful and being dumb enough to put your head above the fucking parapet.It’s pretty obvious that Musk wants to be known as The World’s Smartest Man and The World’s Most Forward-Thinking Man and The World’s Most Creative Man and possibly even The World’s Most Powerful Man. The Richest Man claim just helps him bolster the other goals.