Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, on Tuesday, said that a reduction in the proposed monthly subscription charges for verified “blue tick” users may be considered, bringing the rate to $8, as against $20, which was rumoured on Sunday.
Musk hinted this in a reply to a tweet by a verified user, @StephenKing, who on Monday queried the decision of the microblogging site while vowing to stop using the platform if the policy is implemented.
The tweep tweeted: “$20 a month to keep my blue check? F**k that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.”
Replying to the tweet in the early hours of Tuesday, Musk said, “We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?”
“I will explain the rationale in longer form before this is implemented. It is the only way to defeat the bots & trolls,” he added.
We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
A blue tick is currently free and thereby identifies an account as authentic and notable.
Mr Musk, last Friday completed his $44billion (£37.9billlion) takeover of Twitter and has renamed himself ‘Chief Twit’ on Twitter.
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