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		agentgumshoe on Nov 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Twitter didn’t go down: From a real Twitter SR... $8 blue check marks :p Not sure that has long term profitability... I think the statement probably is more like "no one has figured out an easier way to monetize a social network"...

etchalon on Nov 22, 2022 [–]

There are no successful subscription-only social networks. It's been tried. It has not worked.

busymom0 on Nov 22, 2022 | [–]

Spacex and Tesla were also first time successful concepts. Elon is used to somehow achieving the impossible.

FartyMcFarter on Nov 22, 2022 | | [–]

Elon was not a founder of Tesla though.

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