all of this is so stupid twitter stands to make virtually no money off of blue subs, they're blowing themselves up over the price of a few ad buys
Chuds were really mad about verification because they thought of it as a status thing cause all their fav people to hate had it. So Musk did his epic bacon thing and let people buy what they all thought was a status icon not because of business acumen but because he was caught in the mindscape shadow battle with his imaginary cultural enemies. And then materialism slapped in his face and we get to watch the fallout!
I vacillate between being impressed with how quickly Musk is driving Twitter into the ground, and being surprised that it hasn’t folded yet.
It is no longer verification, but a badge that shows that you bought a product. So a fake badge = fake endorsement.
On the one hand: Yeah, give'em hell.
On the other hand: I'm having a teensy bit of trouble sympathizing with people who are mad enough to sue Twitter but not mad enough to stop using Twitter. I know this sounds like :very-intelligent: shit, but Dril could delete his account in the next five minutes, and it would do more damage to Twitter's brand than to his own. Hell, if the legal principle he's applying turns out to be sound, he could probably delete his account and sue them anyway.
:meow-popcorn:
like, just log off twitter, seriously. That will stick it to elon more than a frivolous lawsuit. The entire argument for it being illegal is such a stretch. Saying getting a free blue check is sponsorship and therefore false endorsement is a strange take and I struggle to imagine a court would rule that way. Im not a lawyer, of course, maybe legal eagle will make some video that goes in depth and all that.
Edit: I guess you could argue you can not force someone to subscribe to a service. At least thats the route I would take against twitter. I think a court would be more amenable to that.(although you are going against money). You could probably combine that with the above argument. I still don't think It would have a good chance. But hey, if Im wrong and they take money from elon that would be a good thing.
