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In reply to the discussion: Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Launching A New Color-Coded Verification Scheme Next Week -- Here's What We [View all]highplainsdem
(62,401 posts)4. A lot of his followers seem to think we owe him a debt of gratitude for everything
he does.
And I'm starting to see a lot of the "he sacrificed a life of luxury to help us" crap I used to see about Trump from his followers.
Hell, the Daily Caller even tweeted an article about how much less Musk is worth now, which of course is do to his crazy behavior and incompetence, as something he sacrificed for a noble cause.
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Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Launching A New Color-Coded Verification Scheme Next Week -- Here's What We [View all]
highplainsdem
Nov 2022
OP
A lot of his followers seem to think we owe him a debt of gratitude for everything
highplainsdem
Nov 2022
#4
Another Musk lie. No one with that ego would go do without and sleep on the floor.
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2022
#18
I'm having flashbacks to the Color Coded Alerts after 911 ... orange, red,and whatever.
NotHardly
Nov 2022
#27
Not to mention that other color scheme he'd and his fans really, really want to use...
NullTuples
Nov 2022
#28
I knew he was going to do a color-coded scheme There will be different price tiers.
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2022
#13
My guess is he'll end up requiring all accounts to be ID-verified as Facebook does*.
NullTuples
Nov 2022
#15
So Musk thinks he can tell the difference between a "government" account and the account of
Martin68
Nov 2022
#16
This could present problems for some of the people who are color blind, no?
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2022
#19
well of course he fired all the people who work on accessibility for disabled folks
LymphocyteLover
Nov 2022
#22
Now that's the move a plus-one genius who knows how to negotiate would make.
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2022
#26
agreed. especially for an allegedly smart man who has made a lot of money, he has more than
somaticexperiencing
Nov 2022
#32