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24. And this is where Twitter truly begins it's downfall

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Nov 2, 2022, 06:47 AM

Nov 2022

The very minute you start charging people for something which has been free for so many years, this includes being verified, that's the final nail in the coffin.

Elon Musk may be a "smart" businessman to some but he lacks common sense, a commonality among the over wealthy & privileged.
Every single website that has ever done this has failed. Every single one. It's used for desperation. And now that advertisers are fleeing Twitter, including huge names like Coke, GM, Pepsi, and others, this will be the end of Twitter. Just ask Yahoo, Flickr, AOL, and so many others which are but a shell of their former selves.

Failure is imminent.

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Musk's Twitter is planning to launch a "Paywalled Video" feature in just 1 to 2 weeks [View all] highplainsdem Nov 2022 OP

Betting it will be focused on the rubes. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2022 #1

$44 Billion Is A Lot Of Money To Make Up..... global1 Nov 2022 #2

He bought the company with monopoly money. He can absolutely destroy it and it won't RockRaven Nov 2022 #9

He's scrambling to put together a plan to lay off some of the debt. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2022 #11

Nobody Pays For Porn nt SoCalDavidS Nov 2022 #3

They pay at OnlyFans, which I've seen tweets comparing this to. highplainsdem Nov 2022 #4

But how much are people making/paying ? JI7 Nov 2022 #26

Comment on this plan from Eleven Films, whose videos have been posted here: highplainsdem Nov 2022 #5

"Psst! Wanna see a vagina?" dalton99a Nov 2022 #6

Seriously, imagine the revenge porn that will be posted iemanja Nov 2022 #16

Has Musk never heard of YouTube? TikTok? leftstreet Nov 2022 #7

As the owner, Musk seems to be having trouble grasping what Twitter is and how it gains audience Emrys Nov 2022 #8

I guess that means people will stop posting them here? Meowmee Nov 2022 #10

Not all videos will be paywalled, Emrys Nov 2022 #12

Ok Meowmee Nov 2022 #13

Blue Sky is not going to be worth it. haele Nov 2022 #20

Ok thanks Meowmee Nov 2022 #21

'We'll be just like Tok Tok but we'll charge money!' Tomconroy Nov 2022 #14

LOL iemanja Nov 2022 #17

Musk, busily planning how to destroy Twitter iemanja Nov 2022 #15

One bad decision after another . . . zuul Nov 2022 #18

Reading down further, it looks like he's re-creating a monitized UseNet. haele Nov 2022 #19

Another streaming service Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 #22

Push twitter into nudity and consensual porn? This guy is a dirt bag, will do or say anything PortTack Nov 2022 #23

And this is where Twitter truly begins it's downfall AntivaxHunters Nov 2022 #24

Doesn't Dump Jr. do this? purr-rat beauty Nov 2022 #25

He's the barker at the circus peep show. tavernier Nov 2022 #27