Elon Musk Will Charge Twitter Users US$8 For Verification Starting Next Monday

Elon Musk Will Charge Twitter Users US$8 For Verification Starting Next Monday. Are you ready to pay to get the Twitter blue tick?

Surprise! Surprise! Or this is not a surprise at all when it comes to Elon Musk? By now you should know that Elon Musk will charge Twitter users US$8 for verification. It might start as soon as next Monday (7th of November 2022).  Twitter will start charging users to have their blue verification badges for their Twitter profiles as early as next week. This is part of new owner Elon Musk's strategy to combat fraudulent accounts and extract income from the $44 billion company he acquired.

Elon Musk Will Charge Twitter Users US$8 For Verification

According to those familiar with the plans, the badges would be available as part of an $8-per-month membership beginning as early as Monday. Users who already have a blue verification badge will have a grace period of many months before they must pay for the badge or lose it, according to a person who asked for anonymity to discuss non-public plans.

When Will Twitter Start Charging For Verification?

Additionally, the company intends to broaden access to its edit function. The edit tool, which is now available to Twitter Blue customers who pay $4.99 per month, will be made available to all users for free, according to one of the sources. This modification might be applied as early as this week, according to the individual.

Billionaire Musk and a close circle of advisers are mulling a range of changes to the way Twitter is operated and produces money, and it’s likely that the timeframe for the subscriptions and edit-button deployment might alter, the people said. A Twitter spokesman did not respond to a request for comment immediately.

Elon Musk Wants To Get Rid of Lords and Peasants System!

Price adjusted by country proportionate to purchasing power parity

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022

Of course, a lot of people are not happy that they now need to pay for their verified status! Those who currently have it claim that they will not pay to keep their "verified" badge. Some have tweeted publicly in support of the new business model, agreeing with Musk that it will assist in the elimination of "bots" or spam accounts. To the uninitiated, the elusive blue verification badges have been used by Twitter to prevent the impersonation of noted individuals such as politicians, activists, and journalists just to name a few. Now, these people will need to pay to be who they are.

Musk referred to the existing arrangement as a "lords and peasants system" and stated that those who pay $8 per month will also receive "half as many advertisements" and "priority in answers, mentions, and search."

The short turnaround for the new products reflects the speed at which Musk intends to move. One of the company’s product leaders in charge of Twitter Blue, Esther Crawford, tweeted on Wednesday that she slept at the workplace in an effort to make her deadlines.

Critics say that giving verified users priority will decrease or mute the contributions of non-paying users. New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that ‘free speech’ is actually an $8/mo subscription plan."

Free Speech Will Cost You US$8 Monthly

Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that “free speech” is actually a $8/mo subscription plan

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 2, 2022

Elon Musk replied, "Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8." It is kinda funny to get such feedback from your boss, no?

According to one source, Twitter will permit government accounts and those in locations where it cannot charge fees to remain verified. The press secretary of the White House, Karine Jean-Pierre, stated earlier on Wednesday that the president and his administration had not yet examined whether it would be cost-effective to keep verification. What do you think? Will you be paying US$8 (RM37.99) per month to get that Blue Twitter Verification Tick for your Twitter profile?

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