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Twitter/X new ID Verification - First Look (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by DarkUFO@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Thanks to Popcrave https://twitter.com/popcrave/status/1691852136236327316?s=46&t=lcH0dp9biwkMEBKsRQeVeQ

Who here is going to put their ID and photo on X/Twitter

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[–] kadu@lemmy.world 132 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Leak? Hackers? None of that effort will be necessary, Elon will sell this data for dirt cheap in a few weeks.

His entire goal is trying to extract as much money as fast as possible and then bail out. He was forced to buy Twitter for that obscene price - everything he's been doing since then is trying to lose as little money as possible from this ordeal.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 91 points 2 years ago (2 children)

then is trying to lose as little money as possible from this ordeal

Bro he could have just bought it and done nothing and he would have been better off. I don't have the same read that you do. My read is that he had specific strategic political interests in buying it and the money/ value/ revenue shit is secondary.

[–] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He was actually forced to buy it after suggesting it

[–] EddieTee77@lemdro.id 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But the point remains that doing nothing would have brought more value so I agree that he isn't trying to recoup lost money here

[–] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah he probably is just playing with his new toy

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago

But then he wouldn't be able to use it to influence the US presidential election.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Nah, his entire goal was to take something away from the woke liberals and journalists and make it a Safe Space for fascist snowflakes.