If any one thing shows that Elon Musk is incapable of managing ants at a picnic, never mind Twitter, this story from NBC illustrates this perfectly:
Before Ryan Garcia bought Twitter Blue, he was unverified on the platform. He hoped that buying a subscription to the service, which offers verification and other features, would help him reach a wider audience.
But he found the service cumbersome and decided to unsubscribe, last paying for the service in February.
To his surprise, though, Twitter has yet to remove his verified check mark.
Garcia is among eight former Twitter Blue subscribers who spoke to NBC News who gained verification through the service, canceled their memberships, and have kept their check marks weeks past the end of their subscriptions.
“If I woke up tomorrow and I saw my verification badge was gone, I would be overjoyed,” Garcia said.
The Twitter Blue users described being frustrated with their continued verification, saying they’re subjected to dayslong reviews when they want to change either their profile picture or their display name. Despite still being verified, they no longer have access to an edit button or long-form tweets, which are perks of the subscription. Technology news website Gizmodo first documented that some Twitter Blue users retained their verification after canceling their subscriptions.
Talk about a #fail. You would think that this process would be automated. But clearly not. Either that or like other things that Elon has done in regards to Twitter, he didn’t think through what would happen if someone stopped subscribing to Twitter Blue. Either way, it illustrates what a gong show his management of Twitter is.
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Elon Musk Shows That He Can’t Do Anything Right As Twitter Users Who Quit Twitter Blue Still Have Their Checkmarks
If any one thing shows that Elon Musk is incapable of managing ants at a picnic, never mind Twitter, this story from NBC illustrates this perfectly:
Before Ryan Garcia bought Twitter Blue, he was unverified on the platform. He hoped that buying a subscription to the service, which offers verification and other features, would help him reach a wider audience.
But he found the service cumbersome and decided to unsubscribe, last paying for the service in February.
To his surprise, though, Twitter has yet to remove his verified check mark.
Garcia is among eight former Twitter Blue subscribers who spoke to NBC News who gained verification through the service, canceled their memberships, and have kept their check marks weeks past the end of their subscriptions.
“If I woke up tomorrow and I saw my verification badge was gone, I would be overjoyed,” Garcia said.
The Twitter Blue users described being frustrated with their continued verification, saying they’re subjected to dayslong reviews when they want to change either their profile picture or their display name. Despite still being verified, they no longer have access to an edit button or long-form tweets, which are perks of the subscription. Technology news website Gizmodo first documented that some Twitter Blue users retained their verification after canceling their subscriptions.
Talk about a #fail. You would think that this process would be automated. But clearly not. Either that or like other things that Elon has done in regards to Twitter, he didn’t think through what would happen if someone stopped subscribing to Twitter Blue. Either way, it illustrates what a gong show his management of Twitter is.
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