After months of delay, controversy and after reaching almost 50 countries, including Spain, Twitter Blue is now available globally. The social network has announced that, as of today, any Twitter user around the world can pay the monthly (or annual) subscription in order to be able to apply verification to their profile, among other advantages. The global expansion, yes, brings with it the disappearance of the old verified ones. Twitter has already set a date.
Twitter Blue, specifically, is available for 8 dollars per month if the user activates the subscription through the web. Or, instead, for $11 a month if you do it from the app. The platform also allows you to activate a single annual payment that starts at $84 per year, or 115.99 euros per year if the subscription is applied from the Twitter application on iOS or Android.
The most notable advantage of Twitter Blue is, of course, the possibility that those users who have a subscription can apply the famous blue badge on your profile. Twitter, yes, stresses that to get verification it will be necessary to confirm a phone number. In addition, they must wait for the platform to verify that the user’s data is correct. If the subscriber decides to change their profile photo, name, or username, they will lose the badge until Twitter verifies the data again.
In addition to profile verification, Twitter Blue includes the ability to eedit tweets, upload videos at 1080p and longer. Users can also customize the app icon, create posts longer than 280 characters, and more. Also coming soon Twitter will allow those verified users to have greater reach on the social network. That is, your posts will appear more frequently in the feed. The company also ensures that users of Twitter Blue will see 50% fewer ads.
Twitter will remove old verifications
With the arrival of the global expansion of Twitter Blue, the social network has confirmed that those accounts that have a “legacy” verification – that is, they had the verification before it was available in Blue -, they will lose their blue badge unless they pay for it. It is precisely something that Elon Musk already I make it clear a few months ago, although until now there was no specific date. Twitter has confirmed that this change will take place on April 1.
Those companies that have a blue check for being a business will also lose the badge once Twitter applies the changes. The company, yes, allows organizations Send a solicitude in order to receive the icon gold that lets users know that this profile is the official one.
Those accounts attached to a company, for example, the profile of a CEO or an employee with a relevant position, can also get verified without paying by Blue. Next to the badge, yes, a small icon with your company logo will appear.