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X tells advertisers to spend $1,000 per month or risk losing verification status (www.engadget.com)
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X tells advertisers to spend $1,000 per month or risk losing verification status::Elon Musk says that brands will need to pay X $1,000 per months in order to keep the verification badge..

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[–] KuchiKopi@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But Twitter is one of the best known brands on the internet. It would be mind-bogglingly stupid to just throw that away.

[–] fist_of_fartitude@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

He announced the rebranding in a tweet sent last Saturday in the middle of the night. You know, like any competent business person would.

[–] the_itsb@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why would anyone want to associate inane internet chatter with birdsong when they could simply associate it with porn? Elon has a very large....brain, and he wants to make sure you think of it as often as he does.

Rumor has it that our thoughts fill an aching void in his soul that can otherwise only be filled with apartheid emeralds or NFTs, but science has yet to find a way to test this hypothesis.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

It's ok, we can finally sit down with the family and watch XVideos together :)

[–] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

It's comically stupid