Billionaire businessman Elon Musk announced the launch of a payment of $8 per month for those users who wish to certify the authenticity of their account in Twitter and be less exposed to advertising.
The social network has been proposing paid features since last year, but the current owner of Twitter wants a new, more expensive and longer program for diversify the sources of income of the platform. Since he announced that he would buy Twitter, he has not denied that, although it should continue to be a space for freedom of expression, the social network was ultimately a business. And with what it has cost him (44,000 million dollars) he must be anxious to get returns.
“The current system of lords and peasants, with those who have the blue mark and those who don’t, is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8 a month,” said the also head of Tesla and SpaceX.
Twitter has offered verification to some Twitter accounts. free form in the past, with mixed success, indicates The Washington Post.
Twitter was considering charge up to $20 a month for the privilege of having the blue card, according to a source in the American media. Twitter Blue, the paid version of the social network, which is available in a few countries, would be combined with the verification process, and some of its existing features could be removed.
Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit.
Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022
Musk tweeted that the new subscription would include the ability to get priority replies, mentions, and search results, as well as fewer ads, the ability to share longer video and audio posts, and a way to read articles behind a paywall for free.
Over the weekend, Jason Calacanis, a longtime Musk associate who was brought in to help run Twitter, posted a poll asking how much people would be willing to pay to have their account verified. The vast majority voted that they “would not pay.”
On Monday night, Musk sparred on Twitter with Steven King after the outraged author said the site should pay him.
We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022
“We have to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot be completely dependent on advertisers. How about $8?Musk replied.
The subscription price will be adjusted according to the countries. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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