# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442 "2022-04-25T22:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 202
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4024 "2023-03-29T21:11:19Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > but regarding cow tipping, that is one thing that cellphone cameras have shown how that is impossible, But does it work with servers? > [@GIGObuster](#): > > Now, that doesn’t prevent you from tipping a cow that is serving your meal in a restaurant, her calves will thank you. I usually give 20%, but on Sundays I give church fliers. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4025 "2023-03-29T21:40:45Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Between this and the latest choice of forcing paid users into the “For You” tab, I think I’m officially done with Twitter. Passed through all the phases: > > - Let’s wait and see what Musk does > - Stick around, don’t allow bullshit to spread unopposed > - ok, this isn’t really worth it, but it’s a habit > - really should quit, but Mastodon and Post aren’t doing it for me > - this just feels bad all the time. Bad software experience, a lot of the useful citizen journalists are gone, it’s weirdos and dark drama 24x7 now. > > Think it’s finally time for me to rip off the bandaid and actually give the alternatives a fair trial. I’m spending less time on twitter, but I’m pretty addicted. I am so pissed at Elon. What a complete dick he is. I might need an intervention. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4026 "2023-03-29T22:27:06Z")
I used to check in many, many times a day to Twitter, now it’s maybe twice a day and some days I forget. It doesn’t help that it keeps messing up now on my phone, and freezing on a screen of multiple “see more tweets” buttons. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4027 "2023-03-30T13:45:18Z")
Uh oh, trouble in paradise. 🤣 > ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4028 "2023-03-30T16:07:59Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > Uh oh, trouble in paradise. Avocado is very sad about this. [![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/356/666/861.png) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/356/666/861.png) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4029 "2023-03-30T16:14:05Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I usually give 20%, but on Sundays I give church fliers. Do you think the servers are unaware that there are church services on Sunday and are just working that day because they are ignorant of Jesus? Or maybe they require money to pay rent and buy things to keep them alive? If they **all** read your fliers and came to church on Sunday, you realize that there would be nowhere to go to eat after Sunday service, right? Maybe just skip to the end and don’t go out to eat on Sunday, freeing those people up to go to church. Ultimately, you yourself are the reason they are not in chuch. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4030 "2023-03-30T16:18:29Z")
I think that post had an implied sarcasm tag on it… ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4031 "2023-03-30T16:19:47Z")
Yes indeed. I’ve read the recent “bad customers” thread, but just wanted to get that off my chest. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4032 "2023-03-31T03:56:15Z")
To be clear, CatTurd previously posted this: [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fse0gXOaIAEsjO5?format=jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fse0gXOaIAEsjO5?format=jpg) And now they’ve said this (for those who can’t read the linked tweet): > **Click to read Tweet** > > > Let me get this straight … > > > > I can’t scroll through my replies or home page without seeing tons of ads. > > > > So basically, advertisers get to advertise directly to my 1.6 million followers without paying me a dime. > > > > Not only that, I have to pay Twitter $11 per month who gets 100% of the advertising dollars. > > > > Then, they ban my account for a day for warning the public about potential violence - and while I’m suspended and can’t use my own account, advertisers still were doing ads in my replies. > > > > Seems fair. > > > > Did I miss anything? ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4033 "2023-03-31T10:02:32Z")
Yeah, I guess it probably they are just being sarcastic. Oh well, it was funny while it lasted. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4034 "2023-03-31T11:28:22Z")
The New York Times, LA Times, Buzzfeed, Politico, Vox, and the Washington Post will not be paying Elmo for a checkmark. > ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4035 "2023-03-31T22:38:11Z")
Elmo is now rolling over on the $1000/month for star-bellied Sneetches. > **[Twitter Will Exempt 10,000 Most-Followed Companies and Organizations From...](https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/twitter-business-monthly-verified-status-fee-exempt-1235569966/)** > > Elon Musk-owned Twitter says that as of Saturday, April 1, it will begin removing “legacy” verified badges from individuals and organizations approved under the company’s previous… Agile backpedaling! ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4036 "2023-03-31T22:48:29Z")
How could he possibly still not understand at this point that he is trying to charge his content providers. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4037 "2023-03-31T22:56:56Z")
In fairness, the SDMB tried out charging their content providers for a year or two. Didn’t work out great, but it’s not exactly an unthinkable idea. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4038 "2023-04-01T11:31:47Z")
It is unthinkable it will ever succeed. It is also unthinkable beancounters will stop coming up with the same bullshit over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4039 "2023-04-01T17:37:10Z")
Lol, not even the White House is going to pay for Twitter: > ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4040 "2023-04-01T19:04:05Z")
The companies all stopped donating to Republican candidates after Jan 6… Until they started again. If there are hundreds of millions of juicy customers on Twitter and the juice is worth the squeeze, that lemon’s getting itself squoze before too long. There might be some haggling over price and, maybe, groups that are less market-centric like the Federal government will stay separate, but if usage of Twitter by regular people stays high enough and there’s no effective way to market to them but to put up money for it then, eventually, an agreement will be found. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4041 "2023-04-01T19:30:24Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > There might be some haggling over price Musk already caved; the 10,000 largest accounts are exempt. @Smapti linked a cite a few posts up. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4042 "2023-04-01T21:08:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Agile backpedaling! The brilliance of Elmo’s management is breathtaking! The biggest organizations that could easily afford to pay the extortionate cost of the verification mark are now exempt. It does make sense in a way because these organizations don’t need his stupid check mark, which just highlights the stupidity of trying to monetize this idea. But it does shift the burden of contributing to Elmo’s profits to the sub-10,1000 smaller organizations who may be facing real questions of the cost-effectiveness and affordability of paying $1000 a month for essentially nothing, so he may not get much out of that group, either. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/4043 "2023-04-01T22:13:39Z")
In his efforts to salvage Twitter, he finds extra money in the strangest places. > [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=201) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=203)