Musk trolled and punished people by forcing them to have blue checks, which were meant to be a sought-after status symbol that would drive revenue.

 

Twitter finally introduced the paid Twitter Blue verification scheme cooked up by Elon Musk last week, and it’s not going well. 

 

Rather than being a much sought-after status symbol and revenue driver, the new blue check is being seen more like a scarlet letter, and Musk spent the weekend personally giving them to famous people who were forced to loudly clarify that they don’t want them. 

 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7beya/elon-musk-twitter-blue-verification

 

from the OP

"Some unwilling subscribers, such as King and fellow author Neil Gaiman, suggested that Musk donate money toward Ukraine’s war effort rather than buying blue checks for people who don’t want them. On Sunday, King tweeted that Musk had donated $100 million to Ukraine. So, the verification scheme has cost him at least that much."

 

I am wondering if Musk has been humiliated why Vice needs to use misinformation to get the thrust of its point across? Their account of King trolling Musk is a prime example of dishonesty.

 

 The actual exchange between the 2 started when King said Musk should donate the $8 to the Ukraine. Musk then humiliated King with the MOA slap downs. What made it even more humiliating for wordsmith King is that Musk wrote his comment off-the-cuff as part of his massive daily tweet and reply regime while King had clearly taken his time to try(and fail) to own Musk.

 IIRC wasn't Twitter going bust? Sure I read it here. Now THAT would have been humiliating for sure, but Musk exposing woke celebrities illogical and silly stances on issues has been hilarious. No surprise Democrat activist media is trying to put on a brave face and some desperate spin.

8 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

from the OP

"Some unwilling subscribers, such as King and fellow author Neil Gaiman, suggested that Musk donate money toward Ukraine’s war effort rather than buying blue checks for people who don’t want them. On Sunday, King tweeted that Musk had donated $100 million to Ukraine. So, the verification scheme has cost him at least that much."

 

I am wondering if Musk has been humiliated why Vice needs to use misinformation to get the thrust of its point across? Their account of King trolling Musk is a prime example of dishonesty.

 

 The actual exchange between the 2 started when King said Musk should donate the $8 to the Ukraine. Musk then humiliated King with the MOA slap downs. What made it even more humiliating for wordsmith King is that Musk wrote his comment off-the-cuff as part of his massive daily tweet and reply regime while King had clearly taken his time to try(and fail) to own Musk.

 IIRC wasn't Twitter going bust? Sure I read it here. Now THAT would have been humiliating for sure, but Musk exposing woke celebrities illogical and silly stances on issues has been hilarious. No surprise Democrat activist media is trying to put on a brave face and some desperate spin.

Misinformation you say? You need to read the article again.

 

"Twitter even verified scores of dead celebrities and notable people, which struck many as a low blow given the widespread negative perception of Twitter Blue"

 

Oh and King was making a point as he did the day earlier, much the same as many celebs.

 

https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1649147510525423626

 

Total farce and reflective of Musk's mismanagement of twitter.

I hope one day Musk will think before he opens his mouth.

But I don't have much hope about that ever happening.

It's only humiliating if a person has a sense of right/wrong, shame, realisation "gee, I screwed up"