By Katelyn Bourgoin November 11, 2022 Whatever you think of Elon Musk and his Twitter takeover, he appeared to have been using a classic sales technique last week. In late October, The Verge reported that Twitter was planning to charge users $20 for Twitter Blue and a coveted blue checkmark. The backlash was immediate: … Continue reading Did Elon Musk use a popular sales trick to convince people to pay up for Twitter?
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Fake ‘verified’ accounts explode across Twitter
By Chris Morris November 10, 2022 People warned Elon Musk this was going to happen. The launch of Twitter’s $8 per month paid-for verification, said skeptics, would lead to a tsunami of spoof accounts—and it appears those concerns are coming true. Despite Musk’s claims that the pay system would “defeat the bots and trolls,” … Continue reading Fake ‘verified’ accounts explode across Twitter