What’s the deal with Twitter Blue?
Make Me Smart
Marketplace
4.6 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
You can now pay to get verified on Twitter (without actually verifying your identity). What does this mean for misinformation on the app? We’ll discuss. Plus, Kai Ryssdal explains why he joined Mastodon, the Twitter alternative. And we’ll answer more of your questions about inflation, the future of sports broadcasting and California’s sky-high gas prices.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
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- “Why eBay Wins From Supply Chain Woes” from The Motley Fool
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- “Twitter Is Said to Delay Changes to Check Mark Badges Until After Midterms” from The New York Times
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- “Apple scores deal for Major League Soccer streaming rights worth $2.5bn” from the Financial Times
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- “Why are California’s gas prices so high?” from Marketplace
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- “California repeatedly warned about spiking gas prices, fragile supply. But fixes never came” from the Los Angeles Times
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- Tweet from @tweetohkyle asking about Mastodon
If you’ve got a question about the economy, business or technology, let us know. We’re at makemesmart@marketplace.org, or leave us a message at 508-U-B-SMART.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Tignotaro and despite my request that you stop asking me questions |
| 0:04.8 | We're back with new episodes of my podcast don't ask Tig. I can't promise good advice, but it will be a good time |
| 0:12.6 | Listen wherever you get podcasts |
| 0:16.5 | Lordy knows those people on the zoom might not be listening |
| 0:21.0 | Charlton you Charlton you can always mute them and be okay just kidding |
| 0:24.1 | Hello everyone. I'm Kim really Adams. Welcome back to make me smart where we attempt to make today make sense and especially after an election day |
| 0:35.6 | No, we need it |
| 0:37.6 | No joke. I'm Kai Rizdal. This is what you want to know Wednesday |
| 0:41.2 | We answer the questions that you are loyal listeners of sending if you've got a question about the economy or business or take you |
| 0:47.2 | Consent us to it you can send it to us |
| 0:49.4 | It'd make me smart at marketplace that org or you can leave us a voicemail 508 you be smart as I do that |
| 0:56.8 | We are not actually gonna do a bunch of election questions today because you all haven't sent them in yet |
| 1:01.7 | So please do but in the meantime we are gonna start with an email from Becca |
| 1:06.6 | She's been doing a lot of her new and used shopping on eBay lately and she writes |
| 1:12.6 | Does my eBay habit still contribute negatively to inflation because I am still buying things and giving other |
| 1:20.1 | Americans money that they can use to buy things or does it help counter it inflation since I'm not |
| 1:27.9 | Exacerbating the supply chain issues in quite the same way that demand for new goods does or is it kind of inflation neutral? |
| 1:37.0 | Who's doing this when you're me |
| 1:39.0 | You are because that's a tough one. Okay, they're for a two-fold. So there you go. So let's remember |
| 1:44.9 | Sorry, I gotta let the dog in gotta let the dog in will it come on come on |
| 1:49.7 | Sorry |
| 1:50.7 | So let's see so let's remember what inflation is right is too much money chasing two few goods |
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