On 2022-11-04 13:50, James wrote: > Nov. 4, 2022 10:25:49 Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca>: > > How does paying for the account prove any trustworthiness? > > It is only to make money. That was my assumption, because I don't see the connection between the two. But it could also be used as a weeder, hedging that it will result in a certain distribution of payers and those who care about the status of that checkmark. > Isn't the platform losing money? I'm not saying it isn't but why was it valued so high? (That's rhetorical.) Even if it loses money, it is still likely be quite valuable to Musk as a tool to facilitate other goals. 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