Elon Musk's Worst Idea

This is the greatest checkmark of All Time
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[@williamwalker5048]

He should offer a service where you pay $8 to randomly remove a verification from a celebrity for an hour.

[@newpgaston6891]

$16 to add a dunce cap over their picture, that'd be worth it

[@bignickenergy3525]

I'd pay that. Really mess with the narcissists

[@tjones7341]

I’d pay it in a heartbeat

[@_laserpants_2203]

That’s a good idea right there.

[@hellcrow539]

🤣🤣🤣

[@MrMetalforever5]

The key to happiness is, and always has been, staying as far away from Twitter as possible.

[@this_rishi]

that's what the ancient Greeks used to say

[@xXluluchanelXx]

I came back when the Queen died, had a blast for a few days, and a week later promptly realized how much of my life was already being sucked back into it so I deleted the app again. I am truly happier without it. looking back I only ever reached for it when I was absolutely devoid of any other source of dopamine.. I think that says a lot about what it was doing for (and to) me. I genuinely feel more healthy playing an MMO for dopamine hits than using Twitter, how screwed up is that?

[@drewbakka5265]

This. I don't use it and every time I see thr type of people on it, I know I am happier for it

[@berserkasaurusrex4233]

And Reddit, Facebook, Tumblr (before it died), Twitch, and, honestly, KZbin comments to a certain extent.

[@belstar1128]

Yea i hope elon just shuts it down.

[@SuperGorak]

I am clinically extremely depressed but Elon tearing down Twitter brings back a long lost sense of excitement and curiosity to my mind.

[@dbell1894]

Blue checkmarks are a joke. I don’t see why anything to bruise their ego is a bad idea. Charlie’s just mad he’s lost his check

[@whoelsebutmeofcoursei]

Seek treatment immediately

[@TheCrusaderBin]

Same bro, same.

[@dbell1894]

@@whoelsebutmeofcoursei They said they are clinically depressed. That means they are diagnosed and therefore have sought treatment. Please use your head.

[@SilverSphereSorcerer]

@@dbell1894 Fixing depression is hard; fixing ignorance can be much harder.

[@bldhf]

He somehow managed to create an issue that already had a solution

[@PlzTouchSomeGrass]

The fact people haven’t clued into the fact Elon Musk is a bad idea generator is astounding to me

[@Thecultofwrestling]

Elon musk is a richer Mike Pillow

[@masterchief7794]

Npc

[@anormalguy-t42]

They prolly high on copium

[@landonl958]

Right? Even Paris Hilton products have better sales ratios. Almost all of Musk's ideas are presented in CGI form and die in that position.

[@SlashMMR]

He is such a bad idea generator that his ideas made him one of the richest people to ever exist

[@stef4oben88]

The checkmark thing is very weird. I thought the whole idea of the checkmark is to verify you are the actual person and not some impersonator. If he wants to do subscriptions he can implement some premium accounts with additional features, like they exist in KZbin and Spotify.

[@ItsJustValHere]

This is what confused me so much. Didn't twitter already have a subscription service for a "premium" account or something? I swear I watched a video of someone testing it (it was shit, but at least it would be better to just improve that instead of making this new, bigger shit).

[@agentice7718]

That's the part I'm still scratching my head about Didn't someone filed a lawsuit against Twitter because of someone pretending to be them on Twitter Shit why is it only Twitter being verified is such a shit show on KZbin and Instagram the process is fairly simple

[@behappy5869]

Arent they already doing that? Like I remember them mentioning there will still be a way to verify people but im not sure

[@Lydomina]

He said public figures would have a separate subtitle saying they are public figures. I see this as being for your average joe who wants to advertise their own Twitter because it puts your tweets at the top, similar to how instagram works. 8$ is too much for just that, and it should really be zero ads like KZbin, but you're still getting more than the "super follower" thing.

[@interro588]

And adding a subscription service to the checkmark will make it even more of a status symbol, opposite of what he wants

[@nuriao1111]

I usually never pay for something if I can use it for free, but the urge to buy a checkmark and talk about unions using elons image is just... so strong

[@williamuemura7644]

In fairness, he’d love for you to spend $96 a year just to get demoted by Twitter’s new algorithm

[@lionobama1397]

@@williamuemura7644 whered you get 96?

[@_dragonstorm_2635]

@@lionobama1397 8$ a month, 12 months in a year, 8$x12= 96$ a year.

[@lionobama1397]

@@_dragonstorm_2635 oh damn i thought it was 9 dollars per month

[@BIAWolf]

Yall probably subscribe to streamers on twitch to have your comment lost in a wall of text still though, and unlock a few trash emotes that you can get for free with channel points anyway. Thats the same type of chromosome lacking nonsensical money burn as a check mark.

[@linenine]

“He’s not just a regular moron, he’s the product of the greatest minds of a generation, working together with the express purpose of building the dumbest moron who ever lived. And you just put him in charge of the entire facility.” -PotatOS

[@BrendonKing]

Love me a Portal 2 reference.

[@B0r3Dude]

Seriously tho how tf did people think he would be like the "savior" of Twitter Celebrity worship is so stupid

[@hazardeur]

@@B0r3Dude they were stupid enough to build him and his crap up so they're also stupid enough to think that

[@KyleGD]

@@B0r3Dude apparently he was going to offer free speech in twitter.. considering he makes the worst ideas (yes, mars colonization is a dumb fucking idea -_-) i don't think it's gonna go well lmao..

[@roseCatcher_]

@@B0r3Dude Who thinks twitter can be "saved"? It's already swamp. If something worse happens to those people, how is that supposed to be a bad thing?

[@mage1439]

If Twitter gets driven into the ground and TikTok gets banned, the world will improve instantly.

[@darthmaul8278]

Facebook to

[@cooliostarstache5474]

And reddit

[@whiskeyandchoke]

the world would improve twice as much if reddit was deleted

[@asparaguspantry9718]

@@whiskeyandchoke do you not understand supply and demand? It’s like the drug market. People gonna make another drug

[@me5ng3]

@@whiskeyandchoke Reddit is fine. At least you can choose which subreddits you spend your time on

[@firmmatt]

I feel like it was definitely possible to make Twitter a better site, but slowly and painfully killing it is also pretty cool.

[@randomthings8732]

Either you fix it, or you kill it. there is no inbetween

[@fireice8828]

Slowly and painfully killing it is preferred

[@jasperotte852]

@AquaUwU you do you i guess

[@hobojoe9717]

@AquaUwU These bots getting weirder and weirder every day. Is this supposed to upset someone?

[@WileeCoyote1516]

@@jasperotte852 it's a bot jasper

[@thatguy.mp7950]

Man buys twitter, immediately regets it

[@EhCSlater]

"I think anyone who pays $8 for a check mark is an absolute certified loser" 🤔

[@ptralx3122]

to be honest i love to see the downfall of twitter so the checkmark being not special makes me filled with joy

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture1022]

DONT READ MY USERNAME

[@koko61336]

Dawg it never was special or important

[@RJT80]

The only reason it's entertaining at all is the anons.

[@arandomcommenter412]

Wow, this place has been infested with bots

[@santwandraws5825]

Fuck yeah

[@Lerrycapetime]

The point of a checkmark is to prevent spam accounts pretending to be people, I've never been more astounded with how much companies abuse this idea, even GameJolt removed the checkmark from people they didn't like.

[@LickMyMusketBallsYankee]

Twitter gives it away like candy to people that aren't in threat of their IDs being stolen. Glad Musk is forcing those that would actually need it to pay for it. Additionally his checkmark thing has been in the works before he took over. Charlie's stupid

[@TheLikenessOfNormal]

Well and the way that people used to get verified for the media was awful. News orgs would just contact them and ask to get this person verified so they'd be taken more seriously. And people running ten thousand falsely verified accounts on a bot chain to influence perception of popular opinion now have to shell out some money to do damage to our social cohesion.

[@itsnotborker456]

Or for a "Journalist" with bot-like takes to act like they're better than you because papa corporation pulled some strings

[@RealCGH]

Scams are boutta skyrocket

[@shadowhalk225]

Not even the last twitter execs before Musk followed that rule. Twitter has always played favorites

[@fernandodecarlosmalcher7977]

I'm so happy that you said all of that, there's people that saying that stephen king should not be bothered by this and pay because his rich, just because you're rich doesn't mean that you should have to pay for every dumb thing, and there's people who used the verified thingy and are not rich

[@cryism7798]

this is so hilarious it’s hard not to feel like a lot of this stupidity is conducted, i wonder how this will turn out

[@BradsGonnaPlay]

The problem is the blue checkmark verification became a status symbol instead of what it’s meant to be- a verification that the person speaking is *verifiably* behind their statements.

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture1022]

DONT READ MY USERNAME

[@lolmanyeah1]

It's always meant to be a status symbol. It's social media, bro, not a courtroom

[@RJT80]

They'd have easily paid $20 to keep their dopamine hits. Stephen King would shrivel up and die with it being able to do his shitlib act on Twitter

[@MrsDragonChef]

I would say that it was both. I also think checkmarks were given out a little too liberally. A whole legion of journalists with like 100-1000 followers tops somehow got them lol not that it matters anymore. Elon will probably backtrack on this somehow because everyone’s pissed at him right now

[@Fivizzz]

Putting it behind a paywall is certainly gonna make it less exclusive...

[@brandenrogers3758]

Making blue checks pointless, I like it

[@coyote4326]

I mean the checkmark system is already bullshit that only gives narcissistic asshats verification who more so use it as a "I'm Special" badge already anyways, and it doesn't matter if you're a popular figure Twitter will just straight up deny you a checkmark if they don't like you or disagree something you've said publicly. This would just make it bullshit in a different way. Besides, I WANNA see Twitter burn. So - you do you Elon, keep steering this ship directly into that rocky reef over there. Saying "people will only laugh at blue checkmarks" changes nothing, because people already laugh at blue checkmarks. Also, did any of you guys see media get trolled over the Twitter buyout? Once it was announced Elon was doing lay offs, a bunch of big media journalists rushed over to the main San Francisco offices and interviewed to supposed "engineers" who had just gotten fired. "Rahul Ligma" and "Daniel Johnson". Ligma and Johnson. Ligma. Johnson. Highlights of the interview: "I've gotta go touch base with my husband and wife, now if you'll please excuse me." "If Elon owned Twitter, Michelle Obama and Barack's presidency wouldn't have been possible!" pulls out Michelle Obama's book from his box, suggesting he kept it on his work desk.

[@Jraw239]

Of course you like it, you’re gay for Elon.

[@evanamundson5800]

To be fair, they already are pretty pointless.

[@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897]

@@evanamundson5800 the moment twitter's "people" started to think verifying someone means supporting is when it became useless...cuz then Twitter took away people's checkmarks, doesnt matter if theyre controversial or a shit person, its supposed to clarify if this bullshit being spewed is from them or a troll

[@APAMVs]

@@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897 I'll tell you what worries me. If anyone can pay to get a checkmark people will start impersonating others or even make scams

[@frankcaggiano8282]

Imagine actively using Twitter anyway, anyone who is serious on twitter deserves to pay for a checkmark that means nothing and can be easily replicated lmao

[@tonikukoc1451]

I would pay if I wouldnt see bots anymore. I think plenty of people would too. You will still have to go through a verification process if you are celebrity. I cannot believe that people actually think Musk is some dumb retard that doesnt have clue about what he is talking about. You cannot be in 0,000001% and be dumb. World doesnt work like that

[@frankcaggiano8282]

@@tonikukoc1451 sure you can, when daddy starts you off right and you pay everyone else to do the work for you lmao

[@user-rn7ne2di8i]

The only reasonable person in the comment section

[@KyleGD]

imagine actively using social media

[@KyleGD]

+ mars colonization is the dumbest idea ever invented

[@sueto-solucoesemmoveis-5259]

Cool, now pay $8 Charlie

[@DutchTheHooligan]

>removes value from something, >expects payment for it. oh come on, this has to be a joke.

[@m32356]

slide 8$ otherwise ill remove your verified mark

[@mikebiff]

So Dutch watches Charlie

[@trashpanda4]

this is somewhat a good idea if they made it like you pay 8$ a month to keep the badge if you meet the requirements cause that amount is no big deal for an "internet celebrity" it is a bad idea if average joe can get the badge for 8$

[@lordcarrot5355]

didn't know my favorite airsofter watches charlie sick

[@Sgt.chickens]

@@trashpanda4 no its a terrible idea lmao. "Power to the people. Aslong as they are giving me money!"

[@sgtfireball6471]

im all for this, twitter is a detriment to society, making people leave it is something i can support

[@hellowell3743]

Yup. People have acted like a blue checkmark is some sort of virtuous symbol of authority. This should fix it... A bit. Read up on The Intercept how the government via DHS worked with Twitter to mass censor anyone who disagreed with them.

[@iOldFasionGamer]

@UC9Bg_qbM-XBT9_I6efwk-jQ sicko

[@ludiba3504]

I know right, twitter is the worst place on the internet

[@barryallen1070]

@@ludiba3504 idk man TikTok has been becoming Twitter 2.0 lately they might take the W soon to becoming the absolute worse place for humanity

[@viscountrainbows2857]

Hear hear; if anything maybe Elon is trying to slowly murder Twitter on the lowkey. If he is dead serious about the Superfollowers idea, then he's crazier than even his most vehement detractors thought.

[@vanitas9837]

As someone who doesn't have Twitter watching this is pure entertainment

[@irisbrown7267]

Ditto❤❤

[@ekswfrenwn7]

I love how I'm watching this video the same exact day Charlie posted the video admitting he bought twitter blue 😅😅😅

[@koa9903]

so did I 💀💀💀

[@HPsawus]

that makes 3 of us

[@bokgaming6645]

Now you can pay $8 to be a literal certified freak, 7 days a week 😂

[@JustAnotherShopaholic]

😅😅😅

[@prague7706]

You meant ‘liberal certified freak’, no?

[@jasonmeyers3314]

good comment

[@strawberryshortcake4810]

@@prague7706 how about no politics

[@acez6756]

@@prague7706 dawg what

[@PureMagic101]

After learning about the loan that was needed for him to buy Twitter, I must say it’s been incredible to see a website finally become less profitable than tumblr

[@Vincisomething]

I was literally thinking about the time Tumblr did sponsored posts or something and people said that was a bad idea... but this is so much worse.

[@crazynachos4230]

I knew it!! There was no way he payed that himself

[@bobjason7540]

Love that the Saudi government has money in it.

[@videojournals4926]

Maybe that was the plan all along

[@ahicks2075]

@soled25 I agree. He could've paid it all himself if he really needed to. Having investors means you have other influential people who do not want this company to fail also. People bitch and bitch about how bad twitter is,then elon starts doing something about It and people bitch about that. Dude can't win. At the end of the day if people don't like the app, find a different one or don't use it rite? 🤷

[@justynskates]

This aged well lol

[@chron0s562]

IKR it's almost as dumb as giving money to people that sit around and play video games all day.

[@hamboningmaster]

yeah but even more dumb

[@ammarnk9260]

Bro talking like he don't make millions from donations

[@___E]

*donating

[@hamboningmaster]

@h iv? no, we're not lol

[@champiggyfrm_pig5271]

It's entertainment, you think that line of job doesn't deserve money ? You may not want to give entertainers money but it's clearly a legitimate job

[@slatibardfast]

Living in New Zealand where almost nobody uses Twitter has made watching this from afar a very entertaining experience.

[@9manny99]

America’s United States. Truly the earths greatest capitalist and fools.

[@broadkiwi6882]

Depends on your generation, I known a lot of people here who use twitter, and I hate each and every single one of them

[@honkhonk8009]

No one I know uses twitter either. Most twitter users were probably driven out way before Elon Musk. Its funny cus I live in America and my grade 5 teachers from New Zeland and I remember her talking about how trash twitter was back in 2015 lol

[@shortyned7140]

What do they use over there mainly. Facebook

[@vivianrichards1313]

Living through it has made a lot of us want to be somewhere else far away from the madness that facebook, Twitter and tik tok have inflicted on our society. The people I know who use them are insufferable piles.

[@alexiswilson4186]

Love that Charlie was like “twitter can’t get any worse and I know everyone will tell me I’m wrong but I can’t be wrong Elon can’t make it worse” and now he’s openly saying he’s been proven wrong almost immediately after that it’s hilarious

[@HueyTheDoctor]

But seriously when is he not wrong. About anything. Guy's a tool.

[@heckingbamboozled8097]

@@HueyTheDoctor He's only gotten worse over the years too. Next couple years are gonna be wild.

[@nettoyagedelamaison9557]

@@HueyTheDoctor You’re a bigger tool for watching him despite not liking him

[@highmaxedoutlife6285]

He is wrong. Its deserved that these mfs who think they special have to pay

[@mjc4073]

Nothing on twitter will change the ADL has already threatened and made elon bow down to them, game over.

[@HCOProducter]

sure but thats the whole point, to take away the 'grandeur' of having a blue checkmark to lord over people on a social media platform. complaining about it is missing the whole point.

[@willfakaroni5808]

That’s just a way to ignore genuine criticism

[@gragamag9419]

Charlie disappears slowly into the mob of outrage and drama

[@GouAndSotsuWereMistakes]

Are we in the era of the decline of giant social medias now? I'm stoked

[@dinoknight1075]

Love to see it

[@gilly_axolotl]

And tumblrs back on it's feet and on the rise. Pog.

[@wes773105333]

Hopefully.

[@jackjohn4156]

@@gilly_axolotl Are you from twitter?

[@jackjohn4156]

@@gilly_axolotl because that’s cap lol

[@spoiledsalad1851]

As a wise man once said, “If everyone’s super, no one is” But hey I don’t use Twitter so I don’t care. But this is definitely going to go south.

[@princenoreally]

I'm just here because of Charlie

[@ceedee873]

That's like saying no one is human because everyone is.

[@lawrencetalbot8346]

Honestly this sounds the exact same thing as being a member to a KZbin channel or sues over on twitch. Will never understand why people waste money to follow strangers on the internet

[@jerben9462]

@@lawrencetalbot8346 well, atleast with the two options you presented you chose to support a creator because you like their work. The twitter system isnt even that, unless you love Musk

[@matthewlav2734]

STOP RIGHT THERE! 🖐👮 theres a clip about a cute kitten on my pa,ge.... help a brother out.

[@jasminefox1224]

I come from the current day when Charlie actually has the bad subscription he is so confused about the exsistance of

[@teinestokoe2628]

Decisions like this make me truly believe he just stumbled his way into fortune through pure luck and simping beta's

[@Hellllllo852]

He’s just destroying Twitter that’s my opinion and on purpose lol

[@RandomSwiftie13]

He was literally born in wealth so there's that.

[@squidwardtenticles8851]

@@RandomSwiftie13 no he wasnt google it

[@Ilivepuppys]

@@squidwardtenticles8851 he was....he got the start from muma and papa, idk why people lie for this guy or he lied idk anymore but he was born rich.

[@18booma]

This is like taking your antibiotics, but stopping half way through. He's going to knock out some bots that can't or won't pay the $8, but making those that will pay that much stronger.

[@genderlesswhale2868]

Ooo what a good analogy

[@AtibaVV]

Ong

[@zack-lk8if]

you forget that people don't just run a single bot, and nobody is going to pay $8 for every single bot

[@tomlxyz]

Either way, Twitter would profit off bots

[@connor5160]

I think people are failing to see that you have to attach a bank account to pay for it. So it would be pretty stupid scamming people if that's on your card.

[@Moououo]

Conspiracy theory: He came out with the worst idea first and is going to further modify it to make people feel like he listens to feedback and then arrive at something where everyone thinks "Ok, that's more reasonable" even though if he had introduced it like that in the first place, he'd have gotten pushback for it because it's still bad.

[@aarynmyers7474]

It would make him look like he’s “for the people” and then twitter would b on top

[@maybeitsyou1317]

I think removing "Verified Status" from society is a net positive. Verified by who exactly? The filth he just removed from Twitter? Good riddance to verified status IMO. The fact that Charlie says "I wouldn't take a check mark seriously anymore" is hilarious because it suggest he took it seriously before. "Anyone can do it now!" As opposed to only people who are approved by the biased criminals that used to run twitter. What a small brain take.

[@YRO.]

And that's where Elon fanboys make their move to make him look better

[@zachariah7114]

@@YRO. this "bandwagon hater" or "fanboy" bit is getting tired and old. any time you don't join the mob, you're immediatley blowing the balls off the person you simply don't want to burn at the stake. like, there is such a thing as nuance and differing opinion that isn't one extreme or another.

[@ZuZu66667]

That’s not how to works lol, not certainly to an engineer

[@inzulmadaco561]

Almost 10 mins of having an argument with yourself that you counter with your own logic.

[@amsf1]

Never had Twitter, never plan on having one.

[@watermelongangster]

"Nobody will treat you seriously now if they see you having a checkmark" As if it wasn't the case already

[@bluedoggo483]

exactly lmao

[@RandomSwiftie13]

Depended on the people really but yeah agree.

[@jamesraihl4697]

I mean it was lol. If you are getting into a beef with like dream vs a beef with like me, dream's fans will attack you while I do not have millions of people behind me

[@joeywin42]

to be fair. Game developer updates were real cause of that checkmark

[@zachariah7114]

@@joeywin42 They still will be. What do people not understand about "becoming verified"? You and I can't pose as Nintendo and suddenly put out fake announcements about the next Zelda: "Journey Through Link's Pubic Region". It's hilarious how anyone thinks expanding a service to take in money will somehow make it less successful at weeding out the bad.

[@DiabolicNick]

Elon musk charging for checkmarks shows how easily people can buy followers for their own checkmarks lmao

[@timrim9405]

Yeah, buying followers is quite easy... Right now a lot of known people don't have checkmarks for no reason when at the same time strange suspicious people have checkmarks... Checkmarks should be more serious and probably should generate money somehow because significant amount of effort is needed to verify people PROPERLY and ban scammers and bots. Lack of checkmarks doesn't mean lack of verification - people still will be verified internally because such info have to be used to fight with bots and scams in general (so without visible checkmark you probably just won't be prioritized and won't send visible signal to people). How good is this idea from pure "we want less scam" perspective (because there are other arguments as well) will depend on execution because it can potentially make things worse, but at the same time it can make things better especially if they would put effort into tracking and analyzing scams (which will be easier without warning signals like checkmarks). Charlie have no idea what he is talking about, bet there is a chance that he might be right especially in short term (because improvements can take some time)

[@zachariah7114]

@@timrim9405 the verification process doesn’t need to be improved even slightly at the moment, though, so the idea there will be 100 verified “The Rock” Twitter accs is a moot one.

[@Hibernial]

A journalist with a handful of followers can have a checkmark, just to gloat about it. It’s a power trip for some people, added to that bot followers. It’s good to see it become undermined.

[@LollyPopTuttu]

@@Hibernial yes, charlie doesn't get the point that paying for the checkmarks now and allowing everyone to have it, destroys the sense of superiority of those entitled people, is not really about money since the profit from this stunt is just a few millions

[@agentice7718]

@@Hibernial ah yes because of a few tools you gonna overhaul the entire system But let see something The verification system was made to distinguish between the official celebrities, scientists, businesses and other people What's stopping people from doing that now Please explain I don't want this to be one sided

[@Spahki]

A simple idea would be to offer the checkmark subscription directly to companies or public figures only. Send them the offer outside of Twitter to one-time link an account of their choice to a checkmark verification.

[@meatshield_]

My favorite part is, I never payed attention to the checkmark already, this'll just make me pay attention to them less, because I'll know the people without the checkmark are the real ones (and their @ kinda gives them away)

[@mystrynane5841]

"And when everyone's super, no one will be" -Some Disney villain with a good point

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture1022]

DONT READ MY USERNAME

[@warlordofbritannia]

"You sly dog, you got me Twitter-monologuing!" --Elon Musk, prob.

[@hoppity_s]

pixar babes pixar

[@dylsaster]

it's pixar actually but yeah

[@Blueshark8O9]

@@warlordofbritannia "You got me Twitlonging!"

[@aidenvandijk4223]

This guy heard "if you own twitter you own the world" too many times and started believing he could

[@alphabetazeta5373]

That sounds more like the US government ft. DHS leaks

[@kyju7093]

i mean its literally the biggest social media site and can easily dictate and manipulate things like world elections and spread false information as if it hasnt been doing that for a decade now. you really undermining the power and problem of Twitter as a global issue

[@informitas0117]

I hope this is the beginning of the end of Twitter, it won't happen but I hope.

[@hellowell3743]

Who has ever said "if you own Twitter you own the world?"

[@bung7262]

@@informitas0117 idk man once the former ceo finishes his new social media then twitter is for sure dead

[@grkugaming3964]

the thing about people impersonating others with a checkmark, elon wasnt referring to just his account, but if you saw recently, someone with a checkmark was impersonating trainwrecks and trying to scam people

[@MurkN]

Elon Musk needs the extra money to finish building a time machine

[@jackbauer8261]

Having light saber battles on the backs of Tesla dinosaurs

[@anormalguy-t42]

@Patrick39 you literally play gacha life

[@anormalguy-t42]

@UC6m779NlKIPZb6xHEFWQUbw you madman, Susan will wipe you from existence because of this

[@anormalguy-t42]

@YeaMan bro fr wtf

[@jcjcjcparent6588]

@DONT READ MY PROFILE PICTURE DON'T EXIST

[@EliasSaPagibigAyMalas]

Imagine a verified Moist Critikal asking for your runescape account information

[@Kennisaurus]

If you give him 1,000 gold he'll turn it into 20,000 gold for you! For free!

[@necropolistc6357]

@@Kennisaurus you s.o.b.!.... I'm in

[@Derdadortiwo]

Then you'd know he's the real deal

[@airriflemaniac]

*Called by a scammer* Me: No sir, you are not trimming my armour today!

[@dprogamer9689]

Right when you said “let that sink in” that was exactly what was going through my head🤣

[@jahmesz3303]

I love musks idea and I think a checkmark should be 100 usd a month, i dont fucking care, it doesnt affect me. pay for it, you can afford it. If you take it to heart, dont fucking use twitter or do not pay for the checkmark

[@Ezio-Auditore94]

This idea sounds like something my grandpa could've thought if he was suddenly put in the command chair of twitter and everyone demanded him an idea to bring in more money

[@classicpanthur9649]

Wassa matta you altaïr?

[@JakeInvest]

i dont see how anyone could that its a good idea, not even grandpa. I supported elons free speech twitter too

[@BabyJesus66]

Elon is probably old enough to be your grandpa

[@bunny_apocalypse]

@@JakeInvest free speech to say the n-word 500% more than average?

[@johnheitkam193]

@@bunny_apocalypse Elon's African bro

[@Samouraii]

Im convinced he's bought twitter as a vendetta and he's purposefully going to ruin it

[@YokiDokiPanic]

Only Elon Musk would cut his net worth in half to troll. No one else is that stupid.

[@dingus6317]

@@YokiDokiPanic Trump

[@jakubgrzybek6181]

>ruin twitter lol, lmao even

[@FirstnameLastname-zq8oy]

People need to stop convincing themselves that Elon’s bad ideas are intentional or just him trolling. Just because he shitposts unfunny memes on his Twitter feed doesn’t mean he is going to buy and then intentionally run into the ground a multi billion dollar company as a “meme”.

[@xynium.]

@AquaUwU bro has uwu in his name and a piplup pfp yet he still chooses to be an npc (bot moment)

[@ChrisManess1]

The $8 changes the commodity from you being the product to Twitter being the product.

[@iost5459]

I think this is the best idea Twitter had had in a while

[@legitrequisite]

Imagine his whole plan is to buy twitter and run it into the ground so none of us have to deal with it ever again

[@Jupa]

He practically bankrupted himself from the Twitter deal so yeah that’ll be selfless of him.

[@greatcesari]

That's what he's pretending to want to do to garner PR reputation points from his cult of "edgelords," but he'd never throw away money like that. His goal is endless economic power like every fraudulent billionaire before him. He'll use twitter as a propaganda tool to promote his businesses and boost his dumb ego.

[@xx-lq6el]

If it is, he'll forever be a saint, no matter what anyone says.

[@9manny99]

@@Jupa Again he should’ve just taken the Billionaire L vs the multi billion L and further issues. 44 billion to be forced to an L.

[@thegoodone4104]

If this is God's plan baptize me and call me a Christian because a day in the future without twitter is a day of rapture

[@Featuring_Dinty_From_Beef_Stew]

I said it before and I'll say it again: The worst thing you could ever say when something happens is "Well it can't get any worse than this".

[@marcusmardis9701]

If he really does go forward with the $8 for a checkmark they should take it away and force them to re-verify if they change their name.

[@MomentousArts]

I literally saw a verified elon musk trolling when this video went up, I don't see how you didn't find it.

[@HarpsiFizz]

Suuuuure you did.

[@MomentousArts]

@@HarpsiFizz Just because you aren't perceptive enough to see something without it being spoon fed to you by a youtuber doesn't mean it's not true. ChrisWarcraft is now suspended for said tweet and account name.

[@leogd7666]

I can't believe charlie can still walk after the burger king menu tierlist

[@sethkaufman2107]

😂😂

[@JustAnotherShopaholic]

😅😅😅

[@SuspiciousS.]

Well he is seated throughout the whole video.

[@jtscool99]

It's a greenscreen, he's still on the shitter

[@sushiccino]

He complained so much about bots that he really is saying “you know what? Fuck it, I’ll make bots more convincing”

[@bendover9620]

How so? He literally added a pay wall to checkmarks.

[@moomgmh]

@@bendover9620 Bro? The checkmark is incredibly limited as it stands. This just makes it available to anyone. How did that go over your head?

[@LDMco]

@@moomgmh it was pretty much available to anyone to begin with. People with 2k followers verified while celebrities with millions weren’t

[@jackjohn4156]

@@moomgmh it literally catered to a certain accounts… It was literally bad. Stop defending trash

[@jackjohn4156]

“Bots” i am guessing you guys don’t know how they work but say idiotic statements

[@EnriquePage91]

When “it’s not rocket science you know?” Becomes “it’s not a social network you know?” *Zuckerdroid laughs it off in the background as he launches FaceX into orbit*

[@Whisbur]

I LOVE the thumbnail to this video. It reminds me of that one vine of the kid with 2 spoons over his eyes..."What are you doing?" "Mmmmmmblocking all the haters..." LUL

[@ssfbob456]

I can't tell if this is sheer incompetence or if he's intentionally destroying it out of spite. Either way, Twitter getting a stake through the heart is good for society in general

[@hoze1235]

Sabotage job

[@xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888]

then they're gonna spill everywhere else

[@ablackbunny3149]

@@xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888 Imagine if they return to tumblr.

[@xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888]

@@ablackbunny3149 oh no...

[@tony_5156]

@@xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888 then we discriminate them and call them what they are Yes we need a racial slur for twitter users

[@iloveyourunclebob]

I love how Stephen King became the ambassador for blue check marks everywhere

[@whoelsebutmeofcoursei]

Best timeline possible.

[@S0NAL_]

chad

[@Altair4611]

Profiting off of peoples ego's is a smart move on his part, a truly spiteful move.

[@zachariah7114]

Every single person saying they'll never pay it are gonna be first in line, watch. Charlie too will likely pay for it. He'd be stupid not to...

[@phosspatharios9680]

Elon Musk is one of the world's greatest specialists in Ego, thanks for the astronomical amounts of navel gazing he has in his portfolio. He knows very damn well what he's doing.

[@willfakaroni5808]

@@zachariah7114 why would it be stupid to not pay for it

[@skybattler2624]

@@willfakaroni5808 Tim Pool made a video on how it actually looks like, especially the premium $20 one. It fixes verification (and more than likely, prevents duplication of names that scammers can take advantage), adds tools like personalization (hints at longer tweets), edit button, etc., Tweet priorization and reply prioritization, etc. I like the idea just to remove all those pretenders who thought they are contributing to society by having blue checkmark rants, when now, they have to think twice before posting because they paid to a checkmark with a name attached to them, and people will now have the gall to call them out of their useless takes because they paid just to have such useless take

[@Altair4611]

@@skybattler2624 or they can just pay for it, no one is thinking twice when posting just because they paid 20 dollars

[@JoeXOTic]

5:18 so you'll let the "Join" button of KZbin and superchats, donations and tiers of twitch slide.

[@willfakaroni5808]

Do you finish the video?

[@spook4756]

this is actually genius. he bought twitter so he can put it in a decline and get it shut down

[@sunriseparrabellum5505]

And lost 44 billion in the process. This is also affecting tesla stock price because he’s tied himself so publicly to the company. His stupidity and arrogance is now on show for the world to see

[@somecomposingfudsa]

Yeah but why would he do that if it's gonna cost him money??

[@d3adxb0yxwalk1ng]

@@somecomposingfudsa he's literally a real world cartoon character. i don't think he really even cares about the money, he just wants to troll

[@abbie_joan]

yeah and then all the nasties will find another social media or make one so they can continue what they were doing...killing twitter doesn't solve the issue it just empowers people to find other ways spread awful stuff

[@Pokoro211]

That's the worst idea. If twitter goes down, all the Karen's and toxic people will move to other media

[@Spanishdog17]

This is 5 million times funnier than his SNL appearance

[@sneakymilkman4203]

44 billion*

[@kayleptwomoons1007]

Close

[@Caseoh_Music]

@@sneakymilkman4203 morbillion*

[@sneakymilkman4203]

@@Caseoh_Music I honestly didn’t believe I could make such a lethal mistake

[@r0nchmeister]

to be fair, that's a low bar.

[@maceron4444]

Man imagine paying for a checkmark on a free website in general.

[@HiMyNameIsEvvaaannnn]

Why’s the 8 bone check mark so bad? Also the payment to your favorite users is used on literally every other platform, why is that a bad idea?

[@westernllama]

Your not paying other users your only paying the company

[@HiMyNameIsEvvaaannnn]

@@westernllama well yeah that’s dumb if that’s the case and completely defeats the purpose of supporting one of your favorite users

[@sunshineslowking5025]

Can we appreciate how Elon's saying you have to pay $8 to avoid being scammed

[@aw98000]

Can we appreciate Sunshine Slowking coming out of the idiot closet

[@1hoodie]

Now you'll see scammers with blue checkmarks.

[@whittar]

@@aw98000 Shut

[@Polytank1981]

@@aw98000 was that even called for?

[@aw98000]

@@Polytank1981 stupidity being called out is ALWAYS necessary. Perhaps we, as a society, wouldn't be in the shit situation we are if people weren't so afraid to tell someone else you're being an idiot

[@YogsenForfoth]

If Elon’s goal was to absolutely nuke Twitter, he’s accomplishing that goal. 😂

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture1022]

DONT READ MY USERNAME

[@Herecomesdatboi12]

I know people on twitter would move to other platforms, but i’d be pretty happy if twitter was nuked

[@Pissbaby991]

Well thank you Elon. He’s truly a genius bc twitter sucks

[@brixton9655]

@@Pissbaby991 if anything he's losing his own money, twitter will eventually survive, not him if he keeps being an idiot

[@jamesbell7809]

Shuddupnig

[@playerone7663]

its hilarious seeing all these 'celebs' so butthurt of their 'special' status being removed. They really believe they are better than you and deserve special priviliges.

[@walter4180]

where is he upset lmao or anyone for that matter? feeling some projection here

[@fie4426]

For 8/m: "Half as many ads" LOL

[@The__Wanderer.]

Imagine getting a year-long Twitter verification for Christmas.

[@cjandty6679]

Are you crazy? Why save it for christmas? That's only $96 for the entire year, basically a steal.

[@JustAnotherShopaholic]

You would be officially out of the family 👪 🙅❌

[@notsure9802]

I've never used Twitter. So all this is just entertaining to watch people freak out.

[@slinkbradshaw8674]

Yeah I'm just sitting back with a tub of popcorn 🍿

[@jessejames5335]

For reals. More tha half of the comments are pissed and are nit-picking Elon's actions because at the end of the day, they are just pissed he wanted to remove political biases.

[@WolfyboiRTCT]

@@jessejames5335 Wrong, but okay. Lol

[@chaslewis3334]

Same. Lovely chaos

[@jessejames5335]

@@WolfyboiRTCT k

[@miguelibrahim2151]

This would make the unverified accounts the official accounts

[@TaskForce_911]

The only way he can do a redemption arc of turning himself back the hero is when he finally shuts down Twitter

[@hazardeur]

he never was "the hero". only naive morons would ever think that he always has been a snake oil businessman and not god damn mother theresa

[@grfrjiglstan]

He's not trying to stop bots, he's monetizing them. If the bots double in number but start making him money, that'll be a great success in his book. Hell, they may become his most solid source of revenue from that accursed site.

[@Hibernial]

Monetize your haters. Consequently that probably means some bot creators will move elsewhere since paying for overhead is an expense.

[@erichooper2794]

Wait you think bot farms are going to shell out 8$ a month PER BOT?

[@jonathandavis8599]

Lol you are a >on

[@corvonics6383]

do you think someone running bots is going to pay 8 dollars per bot every month to keep them verified? They could i just dont know how effective that would be for the guy paying all the money

[@Umbojug]

Bro if you think bot farmers care about verification, you're wrong

[@loooongneck]

“We need to pay the bills somehow. Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers” Translation: “I bought a company that does not run a profit as it currently is, please pay my bills for me”

[@hilariousactually]

Facts

[@jackjohn4156]

@@hilariousactually Dude cope away with that… You are from twitter lol

[@hilariousactually]

@Jack John I don't have Twitter but ok, I just thought they were making a good point lol

[@George-pl7eu]

Going to Mars is the most stupid idea

[@hilariousactually]

@@George-pl7eu I agree

[@reecebrauer7289]

Why does everyone assume there won't be a verification behind the verification request?

[@jesusofsuburbia3675]

yeah same I thought it's gonna be a "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" situation but nope

[@morpfey1775]

this is the biggest brain play i’ve seen. You turn the check mark into a pay to win item and then introduce the Battle Pass of different check marks and effects they can have.

[@stealthysaucepan2016]

all powered by the blockchain babyyy!

[@nesamdoom]

An energy system that you need gems to refill.

[@wolt911]

CAPITALISM… INNOVATION THAT EXCITES

[@maelstrom2313]

Yes, I'm all for twitter going full on microtransactions and pay to win. Either the site implodes or the twatterati shell out exorbitant amounts of cash in a desperate attempt to stay relevant

[@ezrakotovsky2nd907]

@AquaUwU bro what the fuck is wrong with these bots

[@Th3GoldenNose]

I truly end up believing the more money somebody gets the less common sense they end up having and bonus points if they end up growing up rich.

[@abuttnugget6753]

Oh that's not your opinion,that's just been scientifically proven already.

[@JustAnotherShopaholic]

You've got a point 🤔

[@liamf3598]

🤑🤑🤑

[@nickchapman3199]

@@abuttnugget6753 link to the research?

[@qunas101]

@@nickchapman3199 any article that mentions Elon Musk

[@SuperSireBoyYT]

Remember on youtube when the bot problem first started up and youtubers were like “look for the checkmark to see if its me” dosen’t apply to twitter anymore i guess

[@FuglyFatt]

Part 1 of Elon's "lose $50 billion speed run challenge"

[@dazzanai560]

As someone who does not use Twitter I find this entire situation funny as hell Edit: I also can’t help but feel like he’s trolling. Edit2: I should add I’m not a musk supporter personally I pay very little attention to what he does unless he’s mentioned in a video I’m watching

[@giovannigiorgio2262]

twitter is PXXX

[@michaelh4227]

Yeah I honestly don't care about all of this since I don't use Twitter, but personally I think it's a bad idea and it's funny seeing the Musk supporters acting like this is anything but dumb.

[@TripleSuccotash1]

It is definitely up there, next best thing to happen for chaos after Trump getting re elected.

[@Jenna_Talia]

It'd actually be funny if he was but he did just sink $44,000,000,000 into this shit, he's not going to abandon twitter cause it's a money sink he's willingly took onboard. Instead he'll take advantage of people's addictions to it and a lack of any competitor, and just charge for benign shit like he's already doing.

[@FirstnameLastname-zq8oy]

People need to stop convincing themselves that Elon’s bad ideas are intentional or just him “trolling”. Just because he shitposts unfunny memes on his Twitter feed doesn’t mean he is going to buy and then intentionally run into the ground a multi billion dollar company as a “meme”.

[@Austin.Kilgore]

7:05 Sorry Charlie but you’re 100% wrong… we constantly see people pay for completely worthless things online because they’re desperate for online approval and validation. (i.e. Instagram likes and followers, KZbin views, likes and subs, Facebook likes, etc… it quite literally happens all the time and this will be no different.)

[@timmybirch1599]

its possible the whole point is to make money off scammers. they buy the account, get banned, buy another. just a money stream. almost like how some video game devs are sketchy with that.

[@hunterelf]

the blue tick is an ego thing, celebrities should be pairing more just to retain it

[@GamerSlayer5000]

its not an ego thing the entire reason they made it was to stop people from impersonating public figures

[@whentheapocalypsecomes3377]

The fact he’s now haggling with the official Garfield account is fucking hilarious.

[@ime01]

“his neurons are working overtime” im dead 💀💀💀

[@Diedqra]

niɡɡer 💀☠️

[@chief-executive]

nah im more dead at the replies 💀

[@bat__bat]

So funny... If you're a fucking idiot?

[@shina8767]

Jeez the bot.

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Boston dynamics make better robot that work, his Hyperloop idea is old form 1950s and a metro train would've done the job but he can't profit form public transit, his rocket gotten nowhere and it is really space worthy, his self driving cars crashing into things or go offline unexpectedly, his cyber truck got nowhere this guy like to think he l Tony Stark but he more like 13 year with a an ego

[@UseYourEarsBro]

He's trying to kill Twitter faster than it's dying

[@couchpotatoes5158]

i'd like to belive he is purpously killing Twitter for the good of humanity

[@thedarkyoshi1337]

Charlie has single handedly removed the word "moist" from being the moist hated word in the English language. A true gamer achievement!

[@BreadAckerman]

Lol

[@tonycrayford3893]

@Link to the clip could say the same to you buddy. 🤣😂🤣

[@BreadAckerman]

@Link to the clip interesting

[@JustaDislikeButton]

@Link to the clip spamming everywhere npc

[@trashmouthcharley]

@Link to the clip how is this comment 32 minutes ago, but the original one is 27 minutes ago

[@TheLyricsAnalyst]

I love watching the downfall of Zuckerberg and Musk at the same time, it’s like they’re challenging each other to see which platform can reach its downfall first

[@mousepotatoliteratureclub]

any% bankruptcy speedrun

[@martinlatour9311]

lmao if you actually believe musk is in a "downfall" you've been chugging too much of that koolaid. get back on reddit dummy im sure theyll tell you what to think

[@frankuraku5622]

And plus, NFTs are long gone now.

[@theremix54]

If you think Musk is in a "downfall" you are seriously mistaking.

[@dreadnaught7229]

Where’s Musks downfall? He’s trolling the shit out of you retards

[@n4nogamez661]

At this point it would be a better idea to spend that $8 on the battle pass 💀

[@prmzht]

wouldn't scammers be somewhat exposing themselves if paying for verification by leaving trace to their card info/bank account?

[@willfakaroni5808]

They already lead to there bank accounts to scam people for money in the first place

[@rorycannon7295]

The worst part about this is that it will normalize it for other companies

[@YMan-zo5kg]

Good

[@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime]

That or it’ll do the exact opposite

[@George-pl7eu]

Going to Mars is the most stupid idea

[@lawrencetalbot8346]

I just think it’s funny it’s these multimillionaire celebs like Stephen King bitching about lying $20 a month when they $200 a night on dinner.

[@Lemme-sniff-ya]

well . . . if it works out it will