Elon Musk, the newly appointed CEO of Twitter, has made it very plain that he will not modify his stance about charging users on a monthly basis for access to Twitter "Blue Tick."
Musk made the announcement not long after he took control of Twitter and its operations. The price of the new Twitter Blue subscription will be $8 per month. This is the first time that it will be necessary for a Twitter user to pay in order to obtain a verification badge.
The new line of action that Musk is taking has received a lot of backlash on the platform. However, Musk has a forceful response ready for everyone of the complainants.
On Twitter, he addressed those who disagreed with him by writing: "To all complainers, please continue whining, but it will cost $8."
Elon Musk pokes fun at the people who are whining about having to pay $8 per month for the Twitter Blue Tick service.
Additionally, he shed light on the circumstances surrounding Twitter Blue. There will be half as many advertisements as there are now, priority will be given to comments, mentions, and searches, lengthier films and audio can be posted, and publishers will not be required to use paywalls.
Elon has made it quite obvious that Twitter will present a "secondary tag" for public personalities, similar to the one that appears to be in place for politicians at the present time. This will assist visually identify prominent accounts from ones that are accessible to the general public.
According to earlier rumours, Elon Musk may or may not have given Twitter engineers a deadline of November 7, 2022 to bring the new Twitter Blue service into action; therefore, the debut may be closer than many are anticipating it to be.
Elon has stated that the pricing will be changed "country by country equal to purchasing power parity."