Verification officially marks that "an account of public interest is authentic." Most people want verification because it makes them seem important/better than other ppl. This changes the semantic meaning: X paid $8/month. Is the hope people will conflate with the previous one?
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Blue check monetization levels playing field for social equality
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Charging for the blue check moves it from a status symbol to a utilitarian one. It elicits shrieks because it’s more about leveling the playing field than making money.
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Bonus Incentives Double Escape Room Success Rates Study
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We know incentive pay boosts performance at jobs, but do bonuses also work for complex & non-routine tasks as well? Yes! Cool experiment finds that being given a small bonus for quickly solving an escape room doubles the chance people escape in 45 minutes https://
cesifo.org/DocDL/cesifo1_
wp6903.pdf
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Arista delivers stellar results amid strong customer demand
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Arista delivers stellar results: Customers are ‘desperate’ $ANET $CSCO https://
thetechnologyletter.com/the-posts/aris
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Six Ways Artificial Intelligence Transforms Financial Industry
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Six Ways #ArtificialIntelligence is Transforming the #Financial Industry https://
spiceworks.com/tech/artificia
l-intelligence/guest-article/ways-artificial-intelligence-is-transforming-the-financial-industry/
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Windows and Samsung OSes Now Include Advertising
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Windows is no longer ad-free; nor is any of the various Samsung OSes
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Mining electricity costs impact on cryptocurrency economics
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Plus a not insignificant amount of the money was lost to paying for electricity used by the miners