Twitter "pauses" its $8 bluecheck sale after a day of brand-impersonating chaos

[gracchus]

He has for sure.

Twitter's $8 verification system releases a gusher of brand-damaging impersonators

It’s hard to tell, but I also lean toward incompetence. I read here that one of his advisors on Twitter is Jason Calacanis, who’s well-known to anyone from the old Silicon Alley days of Dotcom 1.0 as a serial bungler who’s failed his way upwards by flattering the right people.

@FGD135

…and, according to the WaPo, Jared Birchall, Alex Spiro and David Sacks. What a crew.

Meanwhile, Omnicom, a huge global ad firm with clients like Apple and PepsiCo, registers its opinion on the work of Musk and his brain trust.

Another major ad agency recommends pausing Twitter ad campaigns