Last week the revolving doors at Twitter offices around the world saw employees piling out as upwards of 3,700 were handed pink slips in their email inboxes..This week, they’re being asked to return to those offices after the social media giant admitted some workers were cut loose by mistake and others were let go before management realized their work and experience are valuable to help build new features Musk wants for the site, reports Bloomberg..One of those features is charging $7.99 per month for the coveted blue verification check mark as part of its new subscription service, which has been delayed until after the midterm elections on Tuesday, reports the New York Times..Twitter employees and users raised concerns the new service could lead to confusion on election day, with users paying the fee, creating false verification accounts, posing as elected officials, as candidates, or news outlets, publishing incorrect information about campaign pledges and election results..A Twitter manager tweeted on Sunday, “We’ve made the decision to move the launch of this release to Nov. 9, after the election.” .It’s possible it will be delayed again, as final election results may not be known until next week..The verification program was introduced as a revenue generating device. .Musk is under financial pressure after his US$44 billion purchase of Twitter, which he partially financed with U$13 billion in debt..He said last week he had no choice but to make the staff reductions because Twitter was losing US$4 million per day..Twitter’s revenues took a hit when major advertisers parked their spending until reaction to new policies was clearer..On Sunday, Musk tweeted Twitter would continue to crack down on accounts that pretend to be other people. “Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended.” .The first person on that list might be failed comedian Kathy Griffin..Griffin was suspended for impersonating none other than Musk, altering her account to make it appear it was his official page. .She changed her feature image to the same photo that Musk has and renamed her account to "Elon Musk.".Screenshots show Griffin was also impersonating Musk in her tweets. In the impersonating tweets, Griffin instructed people to vote for Democrats in the midterm elections..One Twitter user tweeted, "Welp, Kathy Griffin is about to be deleted from Twitter for impersonating Musk.".Another said, "And of course, she is trying to manipulate people to think he wants them to vote for the Democrats." Typical dirty tricks.
