A look at a doc from Twitter’s trust and safety team on Nov. 1 that detailed how the new Blue subscription could be abused, largely ignored in a rush to launch (Casey Newton/Platformer)

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A Twitter HQ seating chart shows Elon Musk’s top five special projects: Blue verified, Blue for business, encrypted DMs, tips on tweets, and longform notes  —  After demanding the remaining Twitter employees pledge their loyalty, Musk’s product priorities are coming into focus  —  I. Extremely hardcore

Casey Newton / Platformer:
Sources: Musk has pitched charging most or all users a subscription fee to use Twitter; internal estimates show the new Blue could actually lose Twitter money  —  Will he go through with it?  PLUS: Botched layoffs, how the new Blue could lose money, and more

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Sources: Twitter is strongly considering making verified users subscribe to Twitter Blue at $4.99 a month or lose their badges  —  Under pressure to generate revenue quickly, Twitter’s new CEO considers ending free verification  —  Twitter is strongly considering making its users pay …

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Source: Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox directed the New Product Experimentation division to scale back and focus entirely on short-form video innovation  —  Facebook’s New Product Experimentation division is scaling back its mission dramatically, Platformer has learned.

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Sources: Twitter’s newsletter platform Revue, acquired in early 2021, is scheduled to close by the end of the year, and its Notes product has been paused  —  A new Vine camera is in.  Notes and Revue are out  —  With massive layoffs expected to hit Twitter tomorrow, on Thursday employees once again endured …

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TikTok and ByteDance’s links to China mean wrongdoing will be punished more harshly in the US than Meta and Twitter, no matter how “transparent” the company is  —  In new testimony to Congress, the company faces stern questions on China  —  Ever since TikTok became …