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		tptacek on Nov 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter Blue for $8/Month He needs something, because he's tied tens of billions of dollars of his own money in an LBO that left him in control of a company with about a billion dollars a year of debt service cost.

tedunangst on Nov 2, 2022 [–]

That's a mere 10 million blue checkmarks he needs to sell.

themitigating on Nov 2, 2022 | [–]

According to The Guardian, there are about 400,000 verified users on Twitter, as of 2021. That equates to less than 1% of Twitter accounts.

Assuming a 100% conversion rate and that number is accurate, 3.2 million a month or $38 a million a year.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/31/elon-musk...

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