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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
I don’t get all complaining about Twitter moving to a subscription model. Assume it’s mostly Elon bad, so new thing Elon does is bad. The product will improve if the default experience is you only see subscribers.
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@jank
You don't get or you don't share the same view as the people complaining? Very different things. Cos there are plenty of valid reasons why it's IMO the start of the end for that platform. We're moving away from centralised stuff, slowly but surely this will take over.
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@coel
I have no issues with paying for twitter. But I fear the possibility of getting doxxed through hacks because I have to give my phone number and my credit card. There’s no reason for them to not accept crypto. ph no isn’t needed as it’s cheaper than $7 to get a new sim.
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Ryan Anderson
@ra
There’s a lot of academic research analyzing the fall of social networks that suggests this isn’t the case. Forcing a subscription means that the most valuable members of the network will likely leave and create a network effect that leads to more people leaving.
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@bias
If I have to pay and will still see advertisements, that’s a hard “Nope.”
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Nicholas Charriere
@pushix
I wish it was tried by someone else or better rolled out because I believe tiered pricing can work. There needs to be more thought about the pricing structure and the product value prop however. Some ads and 8$/month for my 500 followers/following is silly
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JB Rubinovitz
@rubinovitz
My experience with the “only show notifications from subscribers” feed is that it was worthless. I expect to just move to lists. Also: it does feel like a public good is getting destroyed, even if as a for profit company it should’ve never acted like one, it will be missed.
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Idan Levin 🎩
@idanlevin
Social media is a public good, and once it turns into a subscription model it ruins the fun
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@jey
outside of the tech world it doesn’t really make sense though. Like half my twitter is my music friends, they will get buried or lost now
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@vgnsh
One of my main disagreements with the For You page going subscribers only is this - I loved seeing recommended tweets on there that was a consequence of the people I follow/my mutuals interacting with missing edges on my social graph. Not everyone in my social circle/adjacent to it are going to pay. It is less useful.
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Greg
@greg
Having to pay for something that was always free is not fun 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Liang| /degencast April🎩
@liang
happily pay to remove spam
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petar.xyz
@petar
That’s my reasoning, too. However, people don’t like to pay for things (blue check) they got for free. I became a Twitter Blue subscriber right away because I love the platform. Been active since 2009. On that note, how do I get the Farcaster check?
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@grunt.eth
Do you think he’d get 8x the users to pay $1 and go thru actual verification like FB? $1 is a nice sticking point, just can’t do it in the App Store without losing all the $$$
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Britt Kim
@brittkim.eth
I paid $8, then couldn’t update my profile for that month, as it was being “reviewed.” Filed a ticket that never got a response. My developer account got super weird—when I click on some of my apps, they just redirected to my developer account. I don’t trust the QA around the product right now.
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Daniel Lombraña
@teleyinex.eth
Interestingly I don't use the To me tab at all, because its experience is not good. Lately custom notifications and lists. But if people start moving to lists, it will be interesting how the UX and engagement will change over time.
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Mirs (amir motlagh)
@mirs
it’s the easiest thing to get when you think about twitter as an identity reinforcement protocol, of which twitter supersizes elon eroded trust, behaves in a non-principled way to game systems so it feels as tho you are handing him the monthly subscription cost, not the company itself.
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Chaotic Neutral
@jayce
I think it’s that coupled with everything else he’s doing: Twitter is dying https://artifact.news/s/TLoy17qz4Fw=
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@jayce
For what it is worth, I don't think the subscription concept is bad (re: WC) ...as long as paying doesn't make some users VIPs over others, and personally I am a proponent of finding a solution for people who are can't afford even small fees. I like publications that say "reach out to us and we'll figure something out"
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@aizimuthal
I wouldn’t complain about it for sure. At least, it’ll be an interesting experiment. But I’m not sure if the experience will necessarily improve. I see so many $8 blue checks in my feed posting crap.
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