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  1. Comment on Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification. And if the employees building it don’t meet their deadline, they’ll be fired by Elon Musk. in ~tech

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    I wonder where they will go. The only viable seems to be TikTok but how many of them are ready for that visual and algo-centric behemoth? Honestly, the leaving twitter because of Musk gave me the...

    I wonder where they will go. The only viable seems to be TikTok but how many of them are ready for that visual and algo-centric behemoth? Honestly, the leaving twitter because of Musk gave me the same vibes as going to Canada because of Trump. I'm surprised people actually went through with it.

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  2. Comment on Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification. And if the employees building it don’t meet their deadline, they’ll be fired by Elon Musk. in ~tech

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    I may have missed it in the article cause I speedread it, but I don't think they have plans to get rid of the approval process right? Couldn't the mark mean both "power user" and "rich" in this...

    I expect this will change the meaning of check marks. It won't be seen as being "famous" or "a power user" or whatever. It will be seen as a sign of having a business account, or maybe having a fancy credit card as a status symbol.

    I may have missed it in the article cause I speedread it, but I don't think they have plans to get rid of the approval process right? Couldn't the mark mean both "power user" and "rich" in this case.

    Does anyone here want to admit having a check mark? Seems like it's not about us?

    Don't have a checkmark, but I have heard of people buying checkmark accounts before. It's pretty common practice in some parts of twitter. I wonder how they would react to this.

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  3. Comment on Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification. And if the employees building it don’t meet their deadline, they’ll be fired by Elon Musk. in ~tech

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    This is a great point that slipped my mind. The money gives Twitter an added incentive to make the system better. It also likely reduces the number of fake checkmark accounts. From what I've...

    And you do get something for your money - the current verified system does not work well. Many of those same journalist would get ghosted or denied verified status, because Twitter is drowning in them.

    This is a great point that slipped my mind. The money gives Twitter an added incentive to make the system better. It also likely reduces the number of fake checkmark accounts. From what I've heard, it's not that difficult to just buy an account with a checkmark and use it for nefarious deeds.

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  4. Comment on Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification. And if the employees building it don’t meet their deadline, they’ll be fired by Elon Musk. in ~tech

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    Most small creators usually don't get the checkmark anyway. It takes massive creators a while to get their checkmark. A scaled subscription would be more fair to the smaller creators, but I doubt...

    Most small creators usually don't get the checkmark anyway. It takes massive creators a while to get their checkmark. A scaled subscription would be more fair to the smaller creators, but I doubt Musk wants to piss off the larger creators.

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  5. Comment on Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification. And if the employees building it don’t meet their deadline, they’ll be fired by Elon Musk. in ~tech

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    240 dollars a year for a twitter checkmark definitely makes sense, especially for journalists, since Twitter is most likely where their biggest fans are. If you're a power user of twitter, you...

    240 dollars a year for a twitter checkmark definitely makes sense, especially for journalists, since Twitter is most likely where their biggest fans are. If you're a power user of twitter, you more likely than not can afford 240 a year. And the checkmark is definitely a service - it legitimizes your identity on twitter and it also has the unintended effect of marking you as important. No one wants to lose the checkmark. If it wasn't valued, there wouldn't be so much uproar over the subscription.

    It absolutely makes profit. There's almost no cost to implementing this. It may not affect twitter's bottom line by much, but it's free money.

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  6. Comment on Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification. And if the employees building it don’t meet their deadline, they’ll be fired by Elon Musk. in ~tech

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    Reading his tweets, Musk seems to be generally under the impression that most twitter employees are bloat. He did say he would lay off most employees. I remember he used to pull stunts like this...

    Reading his tweets, Musk seems to be generally under the impression that most twitter employees are bloat. He did say he would lay off most employees. I remember he used to pull stunts like this in Tesla too. Not excusing his behavior by the way.

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  7. Comment on Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification. And if the employees building it don’t meet their deadline, they’ll be fired by Elon Musk. in ~tech

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    The power users should be able to afford $20 a month. And while no social media has done it, taxing the people who gain the most value from your platform makes business sense. They are the ones...

    The power users should be able to afford $20 a month. And while no social media has done it, taxing the people who gain the most value from your platform makes business sense. They are the ones most willing to pay for something like this. If you want an analog, there's a texting company that allows creators to directly text their fans. The creators pay a monthly fee just for the advertising value of directly texting their fans. As far as I understand, it's doing pretty well. And twitter is not that different in that regard.

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  8. Comment on Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification. And if the employees building it don’t meet their deadline, they’ll be fired by Elon Musk. in ~tech

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    Musk may also be planning to get rid of users he doesn't agree with, and rally the rest into launching another platform. He still has plans for X, I'm sure.

    Musk may also be planning to get rid of users he doesn't agree with, and rally the rest into launching another platform. He still has plans for X, I'm sure.

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  9. Comment on Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification. And if the employees building it don’t meet their deadline, they’ll be fired by Elon Musk. in ~tech

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    Seems like a pretty normal move to me from a business standpoint. What exactly has you worried, or what do you see as a bad sign? Also I should say that I see Musk taking over as positive. Seems...

    Seems like a pretty normal move to me from a business standpoint. What exactly has you worried, or what do you see as a bad sign?

    Also I should say that I see Musk taking over as positive. Seems like he is willing to fix the technical issues that Twitter has, especially with the garbage API.

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  10. Comment on Why men are hard to help in ~life.men

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    Those are fair points.

    Those are fair points.

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  11. Comment on Why men are hard to help in ~life.men

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    I think I don't fully agree with this statement. Or I guess if I do, I just don't think everyone can get fairness, and young useless men should be on the bottom of the list.

    The world is an unjust place, and whatever justice there is happens because there are people who work to make the world a little less unfair.

    I think I don't fully agree with this statement. Or I guess if I do, I just don't think everyone can get fairness, and young useless men should be on the bottom of the list.

  12. Comment on Why men are hard to help in ~life.men

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    That's a very low bar. That's a fair point.

    Even the way you're talking about it in these comments shows critical thinking.

    That's a very low bar.

    I really think you're thinking about this too immediately. Life is a long winding road, there will be lots of opportunities to participate positively.

    That's a fair point.

  13. Comment on Why men are hard to help in ~life.men

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    I can't support myself anymore.

    I can't support myself anymore.

  14. Comment on Why men are hard to help in ~life.men

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    I can't really answer that beyond saying that I've failed in every field possible: finances, romance, friendship, family, intelligence, and skill. And I'm irredeemably ugly and unhealthy. I'm not...

    I can't really answer that beyond saying that I've failed in every field possible: finances, romance, friendship, family, intelligence, and skill. And I'm irredeemably ugly and unhealthy.

    I'm not really looking for help though Just sharing my point of view because I can't really do it anywhere else. Nowhere else on the internet approaches controversial thought the way Tildes does.

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  15. Comment on Why men are hard to help in ~life.men

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    I think we just disagree on whether there's any potential or not. I think people are undeserving because of their own failures. That doesn't mean that they can't find success in whatever they're...

    Not doing anything about it is an enormous waste. Or to put it another way, there’s a lot of unrealized potential, if we can figure out how to tap into it.

    I think we just disagree on whether there's any potential or not.

    But ideally, you’d try to help everyone. People aren’t neglected because someone has decided that they, personally, are undeserving, in some cosmic sense.

    I think people are undeserving because of their own failures. That doesn't mean that they can't find success in whatever they're seeking, but I think after a certain point it becomes pointless to help someone. I am speaking generally here though, and everyone has their own way of determining whether someone deserves help or not.

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  16. Comment on Why men are hard to help in ~life.men

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    I can't do either of these things. Sure I guess I can be empathetic but I don't have any useful thoughts. If you're providing to society in any way then sure you deserve help in other parts of...

    but can see the issues with the misogynistic conclusions many of them reach. It means you can think critically, learn, and grow.

    I can't do either of these things. Sure I guess I can be empathetic but I don't have any useful thoughts.

    There isn't a corollary between wealth/sexual prowess and benefit to society or even success.

    If you're providing to society in any way then sure you deserve help in other parts of your life. I was talking about men that don't provide any value and are probably a net negative on society.

  17. Comment on Why men are hard to help in ~life.men

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    I will reply to both you and @MimicSquid here. You two are better people than I am and remind me of when I used to be more optimistic. Just to clarify my stance though, I don't think failures...

    I will reply to both you and @MimicSquid here. You two are better people than I am and remind me of when I used to be more optimistic. Just to clarify my stance though, I don't think failures should be treated as second-class citizens in the legal and systemic sense. I think they should have full rights as a human. But also if you've failed so much socially, you kinda deserve to be left behind. There's no point spending labor and capital on lost causes.

    Edit: I understand the need to 'help' men as a preventative measure though. There's a strong argument that sending incels and wayward men to therapy would very likely prevent a lot of violent crimes and shootings, at least in America. But a better justice system and assault rifle bans could also do the same thing.

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  18. Comment on Why men are hard to help in ~life.men

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    This is going to be a controversial comment by me, and I just want people I mean it to be a sincere question about the underlying assumptions we have about equality. I'm speaking as someone who's...

    This is going to be a controversial comment by me, and I just want people I mean it to be a sincere question about the underlying assumptions we have about equality.

    I'm speaking as someone who's boomeranged several times from inceldom, alt-right, manosphere to uber-progressive, bloomer, socialist and back again. Also an absolute loser by the way. But if you're like me and you need to be hand-held through society, through every little interaction, do you really deserve any kind of help. In terms of sex and money, it seems already that the top tier of men are already doing more than enough to compensate for the bottom majority. Do we really deserve to be more than financial peasants and sexual embarrassments?

    Someone else commented that "Young men are passive, without ambition, without agency, deadly afraid of expressing the slightest direct interest in a woman" and that describes to me pretty well. If you're like this, why do you deserve to be cared for? Is it really beneficial for society to expend resources trying to bring you back from this deep hole taht you dug yourself? I don't think so.

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  19. Comment on r/Onlyfans101 mods are currently manipulating tons of NSFW subreddits in ~tech

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    TikTok is also full of these wannabe egirls that try to break TOS as much as they can without getting banned. They get really creative when it comes to promoting their OF, but thankfully the...

    TikTok is also full of these wannabe egirls that try to break TOS as much as they can without getting banned. They get really creative when it comes to promoting their OF, but thankfully the TikTok is pretty good at detecting and not recommending that stuff to you if you don't wanna see it.

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  20. Comment on The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse in ~life

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    Every time I read about preppers, it feels very childish to me. Like they're just role-playing in a world where they have all the power. Apocalypse is very unlikely, especially in their time. Most...

    Every time I read about preppers, it feels very childish to me. Like they're just role-playing in a world where they have all the power. Apocalypse is very unlikely, especially in their time. Most of these billionaires also seem to be techies, who are likely to be taken away by all this nonsense. It really just feels like insecure rich nerds LARPing that they're in a setting where they have all the power, but really they're just rich nerds. Poor people just watch TV for their escapist fantasies.

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