Interesting how everyone was calling musk a madman for paid twitter accounts and suddenly its a trend. I think it makes sense too, but sure as hell I am not going to be part of it this time around
I think you are taking a very interesting spin on the situation and leaving out many factors; notable blowing up advertising revenue to the tune of several hundred million dollars per year in exchange for a program that is now pulling ~30M/year.
Twitter booked ~$4b/year in advertising revenue before Musk.
I wonder how such forms would be filled out these days, in response to ideas like these?
> suddenly its a trend
How many people do you know that are paying for social media? I personally know none.
No. It just means there isn't a trend of people buying ferraris.
There will always be a subgroup of people that will pay for social media, either because their work pays for it or because it is crucial enough for personal reasons.
I am happy to pay for social media if there is zero tracking and zero advertising. However, so far advertising is way too lucrative, so this won't happen.