Will Richards

a blue checkmark is a stamp of authenticity this is obvious when comparing "Verified followers" and regular "Followers" tabs (on all profiles) it became even more obvious when I enabled verified-only DMs, the spam stopped overnight and only get message requests from real users

New York Times, January 23 2018 Tesla’s Elon Musk May Have Boldest Pay Plan in Corporate History “If Mr. Musk were somehow to increase the value of Tesla to $650 billion — a figure many experts would contend is laughably impossible and would make Tesla one of the five largest companies in the United States, based on current valuations — his stock award could be worth as much as $55 billion (assuming the company does not issue any more shares over the next decade, which is unrealistic). Even reaching several of the milestones would bring him billions. Mr. Musk’s critics — and there are many — are likely to contend that the new compensation plan is just the company’s latest publicity stunt. He has been called a modern-day P.T. Barnum who has created the illusion of success while consistently missing production estimates. The company continues to lose money; at one point last year, it was losing almost a half-million dollars an hour, according to Bloomberg News. Jim Chanos, a short-seller who has bet against Tesla’s shares — and has thus far been on the losing side of that trade — has contended that Tesla is worthless” nytimes.com/2018/01/23/busin…