PissPoorGrandpig [none/use name] to the_dunk_tank • 2 years agoThe age of twitter feudalism is over. The age of twitter capitalism begins. It's twitter socialism or twitter barbarism time.external-linkmessage-square53 fedilinkarrow-up1121file-text
arrow-up1121external-linkThe age of twitter feudalism is over. The age of twitter capitalism begins. It's twitter socialism or twitter barbarism time.PissPoorGrandpig [none/use name] to the_dunk_tank • 2 years agomessage-square53 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVapeNoir [he/him]hexbear25·2 years agoI bet you could calculate how much twitter needs to earn to be solvent by taking the total number of blue checks and multiplying it by 8 bucks a month link
minus-squaretheother2020 [comrade/them, she/her]hexbear8·2 years agoSomebody was doing the math here yesterday and it’s still like a 100x shortfall link
minus-squaresgtlion [any]hexbear3·2 years agoTwitter's loan interest is now up by $800 million a year since the buyout. In 2021 they lost $200 million. So it may lose about $1bn/year. They have about 200 million active users, so they just need 60% of all people to get a checkmark. link
minus-squareBynarsAreOk [none/use name]hexbear6·2 years agoThe fact it is not the standard cookie-cutter 2,99/4,99/9,99 etc pricing is telling isn't it? link
I bet you could calculate how much twitter needs to earn to be solvent by taking the total number of blue checks and multiplying it by 8 bucks a month
Somebody was doing the math here yesterday and it’s still like a 100x shortfall
Twitter's loan interest is now up by $800 million a year since the buyout. In 2021 they lost $200 million. So it may lose about $1bn/year.
They have about 200 million active users, so they just need 60% of all people to get a checkmark.
The fact it is not the standard cookie-cutter 2,99/4,99/9,99 etc pricing is telling isn't it?