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Social Media Influencers Tristan Ahumada & Jeff Pfitzer host The Social Genius Podcast brought to you by Drunk On Social weekly with the goal of delivering the latest News, Trends, & Strategies impacting all social media platforms. We share our insights into how listeners can take their business to new levels through social media. Our focus is to keep our audience perpetually ahead on all things social media. Whether it’s an update to platforms, new tools within the platforms, or even the introduction of a brand new platform, we want to be your source to stay ahead. We will also highlight what is working for others and help you find your rhythm to elevate your brand and grow your business.
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Thursday May 11, 2023
Why The Blue Checkmark On Twitter Might Be Worth Paying For! - EP 111
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
Why The Blue Checkmark On Twitter Might Be Worth Paying For!
Did you hear about what Twitter is doing with legacy blue checkmarks? Tune in to this week's episode of the #SocialGenius Podcast brought to you by #DrunkOnSocial to get the latest update and hear the hypocrisy of our political leaders using TikTok as they consider doing away with it.
Episode Highlights:
- Jeff talks about the purpose of the blue checkmark
- Tristan Share his screen and show the website about.meta.com where you can get verified and you can see what exclusive features include.
- Jeff believes that Facebook will reward the user and creator that pays them money.
- Tristan asks Jeff if he is willing to pay $49 - $59 for more reach, for a different color check mark?
- Twitter has blue, gold, and gray checkmark options in the app.
- Jeff thinks Facebook should do an increased cost for more reach.
- Twitter’s going to start removing legacy blue checkmarks in the app, you’ll have to pay $8 to keep it.
- Tristan shares he doesn't agree with how TikTok is being handled, where the government is telling us what app we can or can’t use.
- Jeff said this is not about meta trying to suppress TikTok this is now about the government.
- A certain politician who even signed off on the bill without even fully understanding and knowing what they are signing off on.
- Tristan doubted the people leading us who don’t fully understand the internet, social media or technology.
- Why Jeff mentions our government is insanely hypocritical with social media.
- Jeff shares his thoughts about the Article: White house recruits TikTok influencers to reach young voters with key messaging.
- The Biden administration realized the influence of social media.
- The public motive has been, “we need to ban TikTok '' but the real motive is actually to gain control over what we can see, to gain data ''
- The Biden administration marketed themselves using Instagram and Tiktok.
- Follow Drunk on Social so you can get the information without political agenda on what is happening on the social media landscape so you can use it to grow and improve your business.
Resources
Meta Verified
https://about.meta.com/technologies/meta-verified/
Why Pay for Twitter Checks
https://drunkonsocial.com/twitter/why-pay-for-twitter-checks/
What is really happening here?
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq3CKL1vfQZ/
White House Recruits TikTok Influencers
https://drunkonsocial.com/tik-tok/white-house-recruits-tiktok-influencers/