{"id":9713,"date":"2023-04-21T13:38:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T11:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/21\/why-elon-musks-cull-of-twitter-verified-blue-ticks-could-prove-costly\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T13:38:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T11:38:17","slug":"why-elon-musks-cull-of-twitter-verified-blue-ticks-could-prove-costly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/21\/why-elon-musks-cull-of-twitter-verified-blue-ticks-could-prove-costly\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Elon Musk\u2019s cull of Twitter \u2018verified\u2019 blue ticks could prove costly"},"content":{"rendered":"

End of \u2018lords & peasants system\u2019 may help business in short term but risks sustainability if it leads to loss of trust<\/p>\n

Twitter\u2019s aristocracy is no more. Last year Elon Musk described the verification process as a \u201clords & peasants system\u201d and on Thursday he deployed the guillotine<\/a>. Feudalism has now given way to capitalism: money gets you status.<\/p>\n

In a long-threatened cull, famous names including Cristiano Ronaldo, Beyonce\u0301, Kim Kardashian, JK Rowling and Sir Paul McCartney lost the blue ticks that confer verified status on accounts.<\/p>\n

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\nEnd of \u2018lords & peasants system\u2019 may help business in short term but risks sustainability if it leads to loss of trust
\nTwitter\u2019s aristocracy is no more. Last year Elon Musk described the verification process as a \u201clords & peasants system\u201d and on Thursday he deployed the guillotine. Feudalism has now given way to capitalism: money gets you status.
\nIn a long-threatened cull, famous names including Cristiano Ronaldo, Beyonce\u0301, Kim Kardashian, JK Rowling and Sir Paul McCartney lost the blue ticks that confer verified status on accounts. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

End of \u2018lords & peasants system\u2019 may help business in short term but risks sustainability if it leads to loss of trust Twitter\u2019s aristocracy is no more. Last year Elon Musk described the verification process as a \u201clords & peasants system\u201d and on Thursday he deployed the guillotine. Feudalism has now given way to capitalism: …<\/p>\n

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