BusinessNewsVerified Twitter Users Express Willingness to Lose ‘Blue Tick’ as Elon Musk Announces $8 Monthly Charge for Verified Accounts

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Multiple Twitter users with verified accounts have said they would be happy to lose their ‘blue ticks’ after Twitter’s new boss, Elon Musk, announced an $8 monthly charge for verified accounts.

This is coming days after Musk’s plans to charge for Twitter verification had leaked, with Daily Mail reporting that it would cost $20 per month.

“Twitter’s current lords and peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month,” Musk tweeted on Tuesday, describing the current verification system as ‘bullshit’.

Prior to the new development, Twitter provides verified badges to accounts for free after the company determines the user is ‘authentic, notable, and active.’ The blue checkmark is meant to signal to users that an account of a celebrity, journalist, politician or other public figure isn’t fake.

According to Musk, the new plan seeks to boost subscriptions and make the micro-blogging platform less reliant on advertisements.

He said it would also include other features, such as priority in replies, mentions and search results, which he said was ‘essential to defeat’ spam accounts. Subscribers to the new plan will also be able to post long video and audio clips, and see ‘half as many ads.’

Though he announced no timing for the changes, Musk said the price for the premium service could fluctuate according to country. “Price adjusted by country proportionate to purchasing power parity,” he tweeted.

Reacting to the backlash that trailed his decision, Musk told his critics: “To all complainers, please continue complaining, but it will cost $8.”

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)

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