Elon Musk’s Final Decision on Twitter’s Blue Verification Badge: It Will Cost $8 a Month. Regardless of the fuss it generates: “To all the complainers, keep complaining, but it will cost $8,” said the billionaire.
To all complainers, please continue complaining, but it will cost $8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022
The price, according to Musk, will be adjusted by country, “proportional to purchasing power parity.”
On a Tuesday of Twitter madness, Musk went on to announce the changes on the microblogging network.
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
“The current Twitter lords and peasants system for the blue verification badge it’s bullshit”, said the new head of the social network. “Power to the people! Blue for 8 dollars a month”.
The benefits of the blue Twitter verification badge, according to Elon Musk
Wearing the blue badge, the famous Twitter hook, will also bring other benefits:
- The user will get priority in replies, mentions and search, “which is essential for defeating spam/scam,” according to Musk.
- possibility of post longer videos and audios.
- half ads on the platform.
- will generate rewards for content creators.
- there will be a secondary label below the name of the public figure, as is currently the case with politicians.
Musk closed the purchase of Twitter at the end of October for 44 billion dollars, after several months of comings and goings, arguing the number of bots on the social network.
The first decisions he made were fire CEO Parag Agrawal, as well as other executives. Later it was speculated with a personnel cut, speaking first of 75%, then 50%.
Now it focuses on the features of the birdie network, making several important changes, such as the blue verification badge.
The old Twitter verification badge system
This badge was awarded by Twitter according to the relevance of the user (whether he was a politician, athlete, artist or with another weighty occupation, or a recognized body), automatically or by request of the person.
What Musk calls the “lords and peasants system” helped determine, in many cases, if the information coming from the user was real, authentic.
Elon Musk initially proposed that it cost $20 a month, but this Tuesday he lowered it to $8.
Changes in the social network, which has more than 400 million users, they continue. And with it, all the noise around.