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💥 Lebron vs. Elon Musk
Plus: Business Pranks, IG kills NFTs, Lemon8
Happy April everyone 🙌
I admit it.
I wanted Duolingo’s new dating show to be real. so. bad.
@duolingo The most unhinged reality TV show yet, hosted by yours truly 😘 Love Language, a new @Duolingo and @peacock original series where sexy sing... See more
Unfortunately it’s not, and one of the many social media teams pranking the world on April 1st 😩
Anyways, let’s get to the main topic of today - wtf is going on with Twitter and their checkmarks?
Pay up or lose it ✔️
TMZ, Getty - Lebron James
There’s many things Lebron and I have in common (he and I are both pretty good at basketball)
Add not wanting to pay for Twitter verification to the list.
Welp guess my blue ✔️ will be gone soon cause if you know me I ain’t paying the 5. 🤷🏾♂️
— LeBron James (@KingJames)
4:16 PM • Mar 31, 2023
Lebron’s tweet went viral to the response of Twitter overhauling their Twitter Blue verification system.
Long story short - Old verified users with the ‘legacy’ verified checkmark will lose the symbol, unless they pay up (for users, $5/mo. Businesses, $1000/mo)
Sounds like Lebron’s not willing to give over Elon some pocket change.
He’s not the only one though, as the official New York Times Twitter account is also refusing to pony up.
@nytimes and their 55M followers
JUST IN: The New York Times have lost their verified badge on Twitter
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales)
6:19 AM • Apr 2, 2023
Elon isn’t taking the news very well, calling New York Times… many things 🤣
The real tragedy of @nytimes is that their propaganda isn’t even interesting
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
5:16 AM • Apr 2, 2023
I’d be generous in saying that Twitter under Elon has had a rocky past couple of months 🗿
A quick recap:
Elon taking over Twitter and laying off 75% of the employees (to date)
Elon mocks disabled Twitter employee and ‘apologizes’ afterwards
Twitter’s new API pricing kills an entire ecosystem of third part applications
Twitter open-sources its algorithm, inviting developers to work - for free (is Elon a genius or what? 😂)
Seems like there’s always something to talk about when Elon’s at the helm of things.
Looking forward to the next series of drama 😋
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Instagram is shutting down its NFT features within the platform
BREAKING: Instagram is sunsetting digital collectibles (NFTs). Features will be disabled across the platform. (1/3)
— nft now (@nftnow)
9:12 PM • Mar 13, 2023
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8:41 AM • Apr 1, 2020
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