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DOGE co-founder Billy Markus and many in the Dogecoin community have stood up to defend X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk against criticism leveled at him by the writing legend horror Stephen King.
Stephen King criticizes Elon Musk again
The world-renowned horror writer has clashed with Musk since his 2022 takeover of X/Twitter, including when Musk rebranded it as X last year and introduced multi-color verification checks for a monthly fee. For individuals, it is a blue check worth $8 per month.
King refused to pay for it on principle, as did legendary actor William Shatner, famous for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek series. Musk offered to let them keep their checks and pay them out of his own pocket, likely out of respect and a desire to keep these important celebrities on his platform (King has around seven million followers).
They both agreed, but King continued to criticize Elon Musk in his tweets from time to time. Musk explained to King that this measure was necessary not only to get rid of bots on X/Twitter, but also to maintain financial stability since advertisers were not a reliable and constant source of income.
This time, the writer criticized Musk for his need to put his “personal stamp on everything,” including on Twitter.
DOGE founder and community respond to King
The Dogecoin Army, as well as one of the founders of DOGE, Billy Markus, responded respectfully to the legendary writer. Markus' tweet was in his traditional tongue-in-cheek way, implying that King has no right to apply the old name to the platform Musk purchased and titled as Musk sees fit.
Twitter user DogeDesigner (who claims to be a UX/UI and graphic designer at Dogecoin) clarified to the king why the name Twitter is no longer relevant (due to the old 140 character limitation for posts) and advised him to finally start calling the platform by its current name.
Twitter user @dogeofficialceo posted a tweet suggesting his followers come up with a suitable name for a book that Stephen King could write about Elon Musk if he wanted to. Ironic responses followed.
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