The blue check badge that power users so much want may soon be subject to a monthly cost, according to Twitter’s new owner, tech billionaire Elon Musk, setting the tone for how the microblogging platform will develop under his direction.
Before Musk took control, Twitter users had to apply for verification and are evaluated according to predetermined standards. Musk said that this arrangement of “lords and peasants” must end because it is utter BS (spelled out in his tweet)
What will Twitter bill users for the badge?
It costs $8 per month in the US, or roughly two venti Starbucks lattes. According to Musk, cost will vary each nation according to its population’s purchasing power.
Paying users will also have access to extended movies and “priority” treatment in searches and answers. Musk, who is also the CEO of Space X and Tesla, added that they also receive “half” as many advertisements.
Twitter will be able to “reward” content providers with the paid subscription. According to him, public people will have tags beneath their names much like politicians do.
Musk responded to his announcement of a paid subscription with typical bombast, tweeting multiple memes and changing the description of his Twitter page to “Complaint Hotline Operator.”
Twitter is now owned by Elon Musk; why this matters
As Americans prepared for an avalanche of misinformation coming up to the 2024 presidential elections, where Donald Trump is anticipated to run for a second non-consecutive term, Musk took over Twitter. There are worries that Trump’s Twitter account might be reinstated with Musk in charge.
Trump had come under fire for spreading false information on Twitter, which reached a boiling point in January 2021 when his fans invaded the country under the impression that Joe Biden had cheated them out of a second term. Capitol.
As a platform for free speech, particularly in politics, Twitter has distinguished itself from competitors like Facebook and TikTok, and Democrats in the U.S. have expressed concern that it would alter under Musk.
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IMAGE SOURCES: ELON MUSK TWITTER
