After acquiring Twitter less than a week ago, it looks like the company’s new CEO Elon Musk has more or less made up his mind to charge $8 a month for Twitter ‘blue ticks’. He also clarified the position regarding Twitter Blue. Comments, mentions, and searches will be prioritized, extended video and audio can be posted, half will be advertising, and publishers can skip the paywall.
To confirm his stance on the matter, Elon said, “To all complainants, please keep complaining, but it will cost $8.” He later added, “Twitter speaks to the masochist within all of us.”
Elon Musk’s decision is being questioned by those who have already verified their accounts and who don’t want to pay the $8 monthly fee. However, the reaction appears to be contradictory, with well-known YouTubers like Marques Brownlee aka MKBHD taking on Twitter’s latest stance. “My rule #1 on the Internet that has never been successfully broken is to charge for something that was free before,” he said.
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In another tweet, MKBHD said, “I guess what worries me about it…if everyone has verified accounts, nobody has verified accounts.”
Elon has made it clear that Twitter will display a “secondary tag” for public figures, which appears to be currently in place for politicians. This will help in visually separating the key accounts from the general public.
According to earlier reports, Elon Musk could potentially give Twitter engineers a November 7, 2022 deadline for the new Twitter Blue service to take effect, so the launch could be closer than people expected. Elon said the price would be adjusted on a “country to purchasing power parity ratio”.
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