Twitter is set to charge businesses $1k a month for gold verification!! The blue verification mark is going to be removed.

https://mol.im/a/11715823

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Is Elon Musk’s Twitter in too much trouble to cover its debts?
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Social media platform faces $300m interest payment this week, and default could trigger debt restructuring – or bankruptcyElon Musk sold a statue of Twitter’s bird logo last week for $100,000 – and he needs the money. The social m...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/22/elon-musk-twitter-debt

Back to the future: how Mastodon is restoring the lost art of online conversation | John Naughton
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The new social network and its interconnected ‘fediverse’ is a welcome alternative to blustering rival Twitter and Elon Musk...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/21/back-to-the-future-how-mastodon-is-restoring-the-lost-art-of-online-conversation