home | list info | list archive | date index | thread index

Re: Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

  • Subject: Re: Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk
  • From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2022 10:25:45 -0400
On 2022-11-04 10:05, Tug Williams wrote:
> I heard an interesting item on the radio this morning, relating to the
> pending firing of lots of Twitter staff. There was an interview with a
> journalist (with a Twitter blue tick), who said she'd not be paying for the
> blue tick, because if it can be purchased, then it loses it's meaning of
> proving trustworthiness.

Yeah, we were chuckling about that at the restaurant last night when you
raised it on your slide...  How does paying for the account prove any
trustworthiness?

> Tug

  slainte mhath, RGB
--
Richard Guy Briggs               --  ~\    -- ~\             <hpv.tricolour.ca>
<www.TriColour.ca>                 --  \___   o \@      @        Ride yer bike!
Ottawa, ON, CANADA                  --  Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\%
Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________

To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org
To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org
To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org