Twitter users to bounce as Elon Musk implements more changes?
Current
Twitter users are contemplating leaving the platform after a host of unwanted
changes are made.
One of the most controversial changes to the platform has been making the verification of users tied to paying a subscription.
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Another change is that Twitter Blue users who are verified will have the verification stripped if they change their name in any way.
After these changes, Musk has been the focus of a slew of parody accounts and in an attempt to combat them, more changes have been made.
If parody accounts do not identify themselves as such, they will be permanently suspended.
In a further blow to users, suspensions will now be handed out without any warning.
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In an ironic turn of events, it was reported by Bloomberg that some laid-off Twitter employees were asked to return to work, because they are essential to implementing the new changes.
See the post below:
In an effort to combat impersonators, Twitter Blue subscribers who change their name in any way will have their verification temporarily removed. pic.twitter.com/i9lqqfrDzw
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) November 6, 2022
Twitter’s new guidelines for parody and fan accounts state that you must distinguish yourself as such in your account name and bio.
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) November 7, 2022
Those who don’t will face permanent suspension. pic.twitter.com/OJy7FwJXPi
Twitter will no longer issue warnings before suspension, Elon Musk reveals. pic.twitter.com/i1Q7gZ87Ll
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) November 6, 2022
Twitter is reportedly asking employees laid off after Elon Musk’s acquisition to return.@BloombergUK reports some were laid off by mistake, and others were let go before management realized they were necessary to build the features Musk envisions.
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) November 6, 2022
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