# 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:** 40
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/781 "2022-11-11T01:02:24Z")
Oh my god, opening the door to blue checkmarks for eight dollars has unleashed all sorts of fun. ( you can’t see it in the preview, but this account does have a blue check) [https://twitter.com/tesiareal/status/1590810842693799936?s=61&t=7AwLrB615\_PX1fqXrfs8BA](https://twitter.com/tesiareal/status/1590810842693799936?s=61&t=7AwLrB615_PX1fqXrfs8BA) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/782 "2022-11-11T01:07:25Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Oh my god, opening the door to blue checkmarks for eight dollars has unleashed all sorts of fun. I thought it was hilarious that Musk thought the $8 barrier would keep the impersonators away. He is keeping that $8 though when he bans them! That’ll show’em!!! ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/783 "2022-11-11T01:08:14Z")
There is now a Chrome extension to auto-block any account that paid for a checkmark. > **[GitHub - wseagar/eight-dollars: A browser extension that shows twitter blue...](https://github.com/wseagar/eight-dollars)** > > A browser extension that shows twitter blue vs real verified users - GitHub - wseagar/eight-dollars: A browser extension that shows twitter blue vs real verified users I’m starting to think this all could have been avoided if Elon’s dad had just read The Sneetches to him when he was five years old. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/784 "2022-11-11T01:10:54Z")
This does let you identify them, but he hasn’t built in the auto block yet > ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/785 "2022-11-11T02:40:14Z")
Honestly, this is cheap entertainment for eight bucks. > ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/786 "2022-11-11T02:47:40Z")
Would not be shocked if Twitter went dark by next Friday, especially if the FTC/FCC starts fining them. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/787 "2022-11-11T02:48:28Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I made that up (sorry, thought it would be obvious). And yet… Poe’s law has nothing on Elon Musk. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/788 "2022-11-11T03:16:23Z")
Insulin free? Sure, I’ll take a truck-load. Gotta be worth $20 bucks a unit. Okay, I’ll take $8 ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/789 "2022-11-11T03:26:53Z")
Here’s a solid breakdown of the last 36 hours of Elon’s self-induced meltdown; > **[Inside the Twitter meltdown](https://www.platformer.news/p/inside-the-twitter-meltdown)** > > Elon is speaking. VPs are resigning. Is bankruptcy next? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/790 "2022-11-11T03:29:50Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Why would Elon spend billions to buy a company in sure dire financial straits? To be fair, it wasn’t in dire financial straits when he bought it. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/791 "2022-11-11T03:39:57Z")
HO-LEE-SHIT! Since Mythbusters debunked the bull in a china shop saying I’m guessing the phrase will soon morph into “a Musk in a Twitter”. " Musk and his team were unable even to tweet from the @twitter account." > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > To be fair, it wasn’t in dire financial straits when he bought it. True. I don’t think it was making money, but it was worth enough for people to buy it for many billions. Now, not sure the company could be given away. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/792 "2022-11-11T03:42:00Z")
Banks with loans with Twitter are already trying to sell them on a significantly discounted basis. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-10/twitter-loans-get-bid-at-60-cents-as-banks-sound-out-investors](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-10/twitter-loans-get-bid-at-60-cents-as-banks-sound-out-investors) So, wait! Here’s the real genius! Musk is going to keep driving down the value of that debt, and then buy it for pennies on the dollar! Genius! ---
**Author:** ![Redcanoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@Redcanoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redcanoe)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/793 "2022-11-11T03:44:46Z")
Tumblr is now selling 2 blue checkmarks for $7.99. Not 1 but 2 blue checkmarks!!! ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/794 "2022-11-11T04:19:00Z")
Holy cow, Yoel Roth, Twitter’s head of security, resigned today. He’s been one of the few execs still being positive over the last couple of weeks, but I guess he’d had enough. > ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/795 "2022-11-11T04:23:56Z")
A comprehensive list of resignations/firings today. > Nothing he did $omehow talk Robin Wheeler into staying subsequent to this tweet. ---
**Author:** ![nate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nate/32/13085_2.png) [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/796 "2022-11-11T04:29:45Z")
Aside from all the other mistakes Musk has made with the Twitter takeover, he is trying to install the same type of workforce and culture that SpaceX and Tesla have… at Twitter. It’s one thing to convince a young engineer to dedicate their waking hours to build cutting-edge spaceships and to be apart of something special, or perhaps to a lesser extent to design and build electric cars, but to work on Twitter? It doesn’t seem like the same sort of rewarding work. I can’t imagine the workforce mood right now. Mass layoffs kill morale. They might as well just fire everyone and start from scratch. This bunch is ruined. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/797 "2022-11-11T04:34:12Z")
Twitter is a dead man walking. Bankruptcy is likely now inevitable. Musk now appears to be obsessed with… suspending parody accounts. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/798 "2022-11-11T04:44:32Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > In social media, **the user is not the customer. The user is the PRODUCT.** Musk doesn’t grasp that at all. Not just social media; it’s all media. Yes, you can listen to the radio or watch TV for free, but you’re subjected to advertising. The TV/radio stations’ _customers_ don’t include you. Their customers are advertisers; you are simply the product. And the more of you there are, the more that the TV/radio stations can charge advertisers. It’s the same for print media. That $2 you paid for today’s paper or that $5.99 you paid for a magazine covers the cost of printing and distribution. And that’s pretty much it. You may think you’re a customer, because you bought the physical media, but you’re just another pair of eyeballs that the publisher can sell to advertisers–the customers from whom media companies _really_ make their money. I’m not surprised that Musk doesn’t understand this. Yes, he made Tesla succeed, and yes, he shoots up rockets, but he has shown that he doesn’t understand media at all. Allow unwelcome and/or controversial and/or downright nasty and insulting viewpoints, and you’ll be losing reasonable users and their eyeballs. Which will make advertisers pull out, since their advertising is no longer reaching the number or kind of people (i.e. product) they want it to. The product is no longer there, in other words, so advertisers demand lower rates, or abandon the platform completely. It’s as simple as that. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/799 "2022-11-11T04:45:14Z")
I must say this is all happening much faster than I ever would have thought. ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/800 "2022-11-11T04:46:56Z")
This has been really fun to watch. Every day it keeps getting worse and worse in the best way possible. I can’t wait to see it all come crashing down… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=41)