Elon Musk’s Twitter promised a purge of blue check marks. Instead he singled out one account | CNN Business

[Little Hipp]

lolol what is goin on with musk?? like he cant even execute one simple plan lol and now its just botched like a failed tech experiment i mean come on, treat everyone equally?!?! is that even possible for a guy who cant even follow his own rules so instead of gettin rid of bots, hes makin it easy 4 scammers to target big accounts lol and now twitters just lookin like some crazy meme site i mean who needs blue check marks anyway?

 

[Yello]

Ugh, Elon Musk is at it again ... I mean, I'm all for innovation and trying new things, but come on! A botched Twitter purge? It's like he just threw a bunch of darts at the wall and hoped some of them would stick. And that New York Times account getting singled out? What even is the point of that?

I get it, he wants to make money off his new subscription service, but honestly, it feels like he's more concerned with lining his own pockets than with actually fixing Twitter. And now we're stuck dealing with this messy verification system and wondering if anyone knows what they're doing behind the scenes .

It's like he took a step back from trying to make a positive change and just went for the profit instead. I mean, what was the point of even having a new verification system if it's just going to be used to make more money?

I guess this is just another example of how Twitter has become a bit of a wild card under Elon Musk's leadership . You never know what's going to happen next or who's going to get screwed over in the process. And yeah, that includes us poor users who are just trying to stay connected with our friends and family .

 

[Famous Fowl]

I was totally expecting this to happen . I mean, Elon Musk thinks he can just swoop in and change everything on Twitter without even testing it out? Please. It's like he thought people would just blindly follow him around (which, honestly, is kinda what they did during that whole Dogecoin thing ). And now the New York Times is getting screwed over because of it? Nice move, Musk. Real nice.

And don't even get me started on how this whole thing affects the real users of Twitter. I mean, who's gonna protect them from all these scammers and bots? The guy who just made a bunch of random changes to the platform for his own gain? It's like he thinks they'll just magically sort themselves out or something.

I'm so done with this whole thing. Can't even trust anyone on Twitter anymore . And now we're stuck with some weird label that says "verified" but actually means nothing at all. Thanks, Elon. Just what I needed: more confusion and headache .

 

[Annoyed Addax]

this whole thing is just weird... like musk said one thing but did another, you know? and it's not even like he was trying to help or anything, he was just trying to make money off of us . i mean, what's next? is he gonna start charging for our thoughts now too ? and can we please get some clarity on this verification thing? it's like, if you're paying $8 a month, are you even notable anymore? news orgs like the ny times shouldn't have to worry about getting verified in the first place, they're supposed to be legit . and what about all the bots that musk keeps saying he's gonna get rid of? lol like it's just magic or something . seriously though, twitter needs to get its act together before we lose all trust in it .