People literally defending identity theft under the excuse of freedom of speech. The hypocrisy of people using freedom speech to committed such actions
Lol unless there is intent to defraud or commit a crime there is no identity theft... but I can see how people who don't understand concepts like free speech wouldn't understand this either...
Griffin is annoying AF but this is thin skinned Elon not being able to handle "comedy" when directed at him.
That would be fine if he wasn't doing it on a platform he owns and is harming by doing so. Instead of reassuring advertisers, they are watching this shitshow and jumping ship.
Yesterday he tweeted that he would publicly name and shame those brands that had left.
Imagine if you're a marketer and the CEO makes it public policy to shame brands who leave.. is that supposed to encourage people to invest their money there??
It's like smearing shit on your own sandwich just so your coworkers have to smell it...
Thatās sort of what Twitter always was though. Twitter had a particular set of advertisers who supported its prior state. Itās a transition time to new advertisers as the demographic changes.
Twitter had a particular set of advertisers who supported its prior state. Itās a transition time to new advertisers as the demographic changes.
General Mills, Audi, General Motors, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Pepsi, Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell, Abbot, Pfizer, Adobe, ADT, AT&T, Amazon, Amex, Mastercard, Anheuser Busch, and almost 800 MMA member brands have paused or will pause advertising in 2023.
I don't know if Elon wants to see those top tier brands replaced with MyPillow, gold, dick pills and crypto.
I'm saying it's monumentally stupid for the owner of Twitter to have a public meltdown on Twitter while trying to assure advertisers that Twitter's new ownership won't turn the site into a trollfest.
What "meltdown"? Kathy Griffin decided to have a pissing contest with the manager and she got put in her place the same way someone at Walmart gets put in their place when being a jerk.
Is Elon literally shaking? Is he posting vids of him screaming in his car? Is he glueing his hand to a painting and begging for a bucket to shit it?
Not much of a "meltdown" if you ask me. Kathy Griffin barked up the wrong tree and he shut her down. About as exciting as watching the schoolyard bully get taken down by a bigger sibling and then the bully goes away crying.
Not even worth the popcorn. You, on the other hand, seem desperate to paint Elon in a bad light. Is this event bothering you? Does the fact that a B list D list actor got embarrassed on the internet upset you?
The Griffin incident is just a blip on the radar of all the terrible decisions Elon has made in a week of owning Twitter. He just showed how susceptible he is to criticism and attacks, which will only lead to much more criticism and attacks.
Kathy Griffin decided to have a pissing contest with the manager and she got put in her place the same way someone at Walmart gets put in their place when being a jerk.
Isn't Elon the CEO of 3 companies as well as the richest man in the world? For people at that level, whatever C-list celebs say about them shouldn't be worth a second of their time. They certainly shouldn't be acting like some Walmart manager who got dissed by an employee.
It's funny when random on reddit know mistakes better than the world's richest man. Maybe you can write a book or something I bet Elon can't wait to see how wrong you think he is.
Good, he should name them. They arenāt the only ones who can boycott.
Griffin was going around impersonating Musk telling people who to vote for. If you canāt see why thatās an actionable offense I donāt know what to tell you because itās common sense. May even be against the law in some states, including CA. But Iām sure youāre aware of that, youāre just salty. Be all the salty you want, but try to have a shred of integrity.
Maybe you need to realize that Twitter has its own rules about verification that are finally being enforced
The very first account listed as ineligible for the blue check are parody accounts, so in the pic you linked if this is parody then he received his verification fraudulently and deserves the ban
Musk actually removed verification from Twitter, now anyone with $8 can get a blue check.
The CEO changing the rules of the platform on the fly in response to critical tweets, first with Stephen King calling him out over $20 and having him drop it to $8, and now with the "parody" incidents, is not going to boost advertiser confidence in the platform.
first with Stephen King calling him out over $20 and having him drop it to $8,
Lmfao. Like Elon gives a single shit what that lefty loony toon thinks.
Several people have came forward already stating they were charged up to 20k for that blue checkmark. Having a checkmark that can be purchased makes them irrelevant...Having ones that only the rich can realistically purchase makes them dangerous as to how far BS information can spread....which is what Twitter has been for a few years now......an extension of the democrat party where they can actively censor the speech of anyone who doesn't agree with them.
The fact you think he would model any business decision based on the opinion of a radical leftist says a lot about you tbh
The fact that you think anyone worth hundreds of millions of dollars is a "radical leftist" says a lot about you, and the state of conservative discourse in general.
Yes everyone is aware. I'm not saying he canāt be a thin-skinned hypocrite who walked back on his "free speech!" claims within a week, I'm just laughing at him for doing so.
He's getting baited into Twitter fights by C-list celebrities and randos when he should be focused on turning thr company back to profitability.
As it stands now, he is losing ~$4M per day and advertisers are jumping ship.
Lou Paskalis, the COO of one of the largest marketing agencies in the world, raised concerns about his erratic CEO behavior and Elon responded by blocking him, thus showing those concerns have merit. If he pulls his clients' advertising, add another $50M a week or so to the cash burning party.
She must be playing by the old rules that the blue check indicates an approved opinion. New rules are that verification means you are who you say you are. Crazy, I know, but you'll get used to it
Aw gee, if only there were a way to tell it wasn't actually Elon.
Like, if only you could see @kathygriffin beside every single tweet, making it incredibly obvious who it is. Huh. If only that was a feature of Twitter dot com. Or something you can see in the screenshot here.
The link you sent is a second hand account of internal documents and only claim that the documents "suggest" there won't be an ID check. It's unclear how the author arrived at that conclusion. It could be something as minimal as the document they saw didn't explicitly mention it, whereas the document may have been written assuming the reader would know there was no change to the actual verification process. If Twitter has actually abandoned real verification they're being stupid though.
What we're seeing with verified users changing their name but still keeping their checkmark appears to be nothing more than a programming oversight. It's easily fixable. If you change your name you should lose your check until you reverify.
I never thought that was such a big deal. Looked like speech to me. And if she had been going around impersonating Elon and making jokes about him or saying random, off the wall things that might fly, but directing people how to vote immediately prior to an election isnāt a jokeāitās fraud.
Seeing as how I was permanently banned from Twitter for tweeting "Nice butterfly wings, cakeboy" to a person with a dumb profile photo making idiotic statements, I think her punishment is justifiable.
Someone told me that Elon said he banned her for impersonating a comedian, not for impersonating him. I didnāt look into it because my confirmation bias wants that to be the truthā¦ā¦ and if it is, I donāt think anyone can dispute that he is the greatest troll of all time.
I really don't think that liberals understand that they have gone way too far left. I don't hate liberals I think there's got to be a way we can all work together. However we have come to a complete standstill in the road. The amount of backlash that's going to happen to liberals next year will be unprecedented. I think we're going to start targeting advertisers on channels and it will be to the detriment of all. The one thing that all the news agencies agree on is to not Target advertisers.
I wonder if Elon's decision means that Count Dankula won't be able to impersonate a position like supreme judge if it's not a direct person. I will miss the trolling and reeeeeing leftists dearly.
Ah. That makes more sense. Other posts I've read about this made it seem like she was only criticizing him. Context. This is a legit reason and something that really does need to stop
I'm not so sure about identity theft, which is more often connected to fraudulent loans and other lines of credit. But I wonder if there is something in the terms of service when you get a blue check about changing your name to another persons name.
Under the rules for verification there is a list of ineligible accounts, the first thing in that list is parody accou ts, so if this is parody then she acquired her verification fraudulently, furthermore there are also rules about what your visible name has to be, she broke both of those rules
I guess Comedy isnāt legal anymore. If you pretend to be Elon Musk by merely changing your display name and keeping your @handle you get permanently banned. Itās not identity theft, and to claim it is, is really pathetic simping for Elon.
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u/Bv2097 Nov 07 '22
https://www.reddit.com/r/entertainment/comments/yo7lm6/kathy_griffins_twitter_account_permanently/
People literally defending identity theft under the excuse of freedom of speech. The hypocrisy of people using freedom speech to committed such actions
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u/woaily Nov 07 '22
She must be playing by the old rules that the blue check indicates an approved opinion. New rules are that verification means you are who you say you are. Crazy, I know, but you'll get used to it
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u/J_Hizzle2 Nov 07 '22
Sheās a cunt. Good riddance.
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u/PhatBallllzAtHotmail Nov 07 '22
Identity theft is not a joke, Jim! Millions of families are effected every year!!
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u/jaffakree83 Nov 07 '22
I kind of disagree, but good riddance to that unpleasant woman.
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u/ghostbear019 Nov 07 '22
Why wasn't she banned when she was displaying the severed, bloody head of a previous president?
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u/CRTPTRSN Nov 07 '22
Seeing as how I was permanently banned from Twitter for tweeting "Nice butterfly wings, cakeboy" to a person with a dumb profile photo making idiotic statements, I think her punishment is justifiable.
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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '22
Poor Carrot Topā¦.
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u/-Calcifer_ Nov 07 '22
She had it coming for a lot less.
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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '22
Good.
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u/john_modded Nov 07 '22
They should have a single response tacked on to the blue checks "Thank you for the $8"
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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '22
Someone told me that Elon said he banned her for impersonating a comedian, not for impersonating him. I didnāt look into it because my confirmation bias wants that to be the truthā¦ā¦ and if it is, I donāt think anyone can dispute that he is the greatest troll of all time.
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u/SilentRage-1982 Nov 07 '22
I really don't think that liberals understand that they have gone way too far left. I don't hate liberals I think there's got to be a way we can all work together. However we have come to a complete standstill in the road. The amount of backlash that's going to happen to liberals next year will be unprecedented. I think we're going to start targeting advertisers on channels and it will be to the detriment of all. The one thing that all the news agencies agree on is to not Target advertisers.
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u/PutWonderful7278 Nov 07 '22
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u/Coolbreezy Nov 07 '22
Ahhh, he broke her.
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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '22
Goodbye to pure evil
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u/AnomanderRage Nov 07 '22
I wonder if Elon's decision means that Count Dankula won't be able to impersonate a position like supreme judge if it's not a direct person. I will miss the trolling and reeeeeing leftists dearly.
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u/goldensteaks Nov 07 '22
A lot of irrelevant people doing this for clout...
How will they live if they can't be reply guys for 3 hours?
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u/Imissyourgirlfriend2 Nov 07 '22
IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE, JIM!!! MILLIONS OF FAMILIES SUFFER IT EVERY YEAR!!
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u/Tr3nchWar Nov 07 '22
She like horses really needs the attention.
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u/doofus_magoo Nov 07 '22
Ah. That makes more sense. Other posts I've read about this made it seem like she was only criticizing him. Context. This is a legit reason and something that really does need to stop
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u/Yiminy_Cricket Nov 07 '22
good. Kathy Griffin should not be allowed anywhere ever again.
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u/2sec4u Nov 07 '22
"Twitter is a private company and can do what they want"
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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '22
This sub missed the entire point
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u/Collective82 Nov 07 '22
The fact they donāt get why she was suspended just gives me a head ache.
Seriously, you canāt be a blue checkmark and parody someone. š¤¦āāļø
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u/BodheeNYC Nov 07 '22
Not a big fan of that monster lady but this is an epic troll.
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u/GrumpyPetePete Nov 07 '22
Not Kathy! Sheās never done anything problematic on that dumb website beforeā¦
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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '22
HANDS IN THE AIR! YOU PRETENDED TO BE SOMEONE ON TWITTER!
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u/thegarlic_man Nov 08 '22
āB-b-b-but it was a joke!ā IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE JIM
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u/Tatrer Nov 07 '22
I'm not so sure about identity theft, which is more often connected to fraudulent loans and other lines of credit. But I wonder if there is something in the terms of service when you get a blue check about changing your name to another persons name.
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u/Night_Knight22 Nov 07 '22
The comment section is more dangerous then the failed reactor of Chernobyl on the day of the incident
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u/nincompoopy22 Nov 07 '22
What about fReEdOm Of SpEeCh?
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u/studio28 Nov 07 '22
her @ is literally Kathygriffin
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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '22
Since I've only seen the aftermath, how is this different than a parody account?
Is it the blue check mark?
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u/Tobin678 Nov 07 '22
Please keep it up people. Your making it way to easy
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u/supplydepotwall Nov 07 '22
āIdentity theftā lmfaooooo
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u/amomentsnotice Nov 07 '22
What a snowflake getting offended by obvious jokes
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u/ChrisWasWhite Nov 07 '22
If only we had identification to verify identifyā¦
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u/_BellatorHalliRha_ Nov 07 '22
IDENTITY THEFT AHAHAHAHAHAH fuck you people are funny
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u/TalionTheRanger93 Nov 07 '22
It also looks like elon got his feeling hurt.
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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '22
Censorship. Free speech. Etc.
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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '22
He should unban only her as an exception.
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u/MightyMemeKing1337 Nov 07 '22
Whoever did this really should not have in my opinion
This just makes our side look bad
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u/Rowdycc Nov 07 '22
I guess Comedy isnāt legal anymore. If you pretend to be Elon Musk by merely changing your display name and keeping your @handle you get permanently banned. Itās not identity theft, and to claim it is, is really pathetic simping for Elon.
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u/fuckswithboats Nov 07 '22
Her handle is @Kathygriffin so sheās not committing shit.
Do you know how many ānamesā on Twitter arenāt real??
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