Facebook's Blue Batch - for a monthly fee
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https://www.thestreet.com/media/the-waitlist-to-pay-14-99-for-facebook-is-now-open
Like Twitter's blue check, Meta/Facebook will start offering a "blue batch" that supposedly indicate a "verified account" -- for a monthly fee.
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I'm so old that I remember the outrage when Twitter did it.
Guess it's not the end of the world after all.
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I'm so old that I remember the outrage when Twitter did it.
Guess it's not the end of the world after all.
@George-K said in Facebook's Blue Batch - for a monthly fee:
I'm so old that I remember the outrage when Twitter did it.
Guess it's not the end of the world after all.
Oh no it absolutely is. Just not for that reason.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/23/facebook-instagram-fee/
"Big Tech’s new business model is making you pay for security and basic customer service when you get hacked. That’s called a protection racket when mobsters do it.
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[Zuckerberg has] got an offer you can’t refuse: Pay up, or good luck ever getting your Facebook and Instagram accounts back from hackers."
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