Elon Musk announced the price of the ‘blue tick’ given to verified accounts on Twitter. According to the famous billionaire, the price of the Blue subscription, which will include a blue tick, will be 8 dollars. In addition, some innovations will be offered to users.
Elon Musk, who officially started the adventure of buying Twitter with a $ 44 billion offer in April, got what he wanted after a great chaos. 28 October day Twitter has officially become Elon Musk’s platform. Change rumors on Twitter also started from the first day.
One of the planned changes is to give to verified accounts on Twitter. The ‘blue tick’ was that it would now be paid. While the discussions on this issue continue, Elon Musk made a statement on the platform. by sharing announced the price of the blue tick.
Elon Musk reveals that the blue tick will be $ 8
The famous billionaire announced the curious price of the blue tick given to approved accounts in his post on Twitter. In the statement, the Blue subscription, which will also include the blue tick, 8 dollars will be reported. Musk said that this fee will be adjusted according to the purchasing power parity of the countries, that is, to local pricing He added that he would have
Other new features like fewer ads come with a Blue subscription
In addition, Musk talked about other features that will come with Blue. Accordingly, Blue subscribers can use replies, mentions, and search to eliminate things like spam/scams. your priority Besides the broadcasting longer video and audio will also be given the opportunity. Ads shown to Blue subscribers will also be cut in half.
This charge will come back to creators as “revenue”
Musk also gives the revenues from this subscription system to the content producers. will return as “income” stated. Although there is no definite information about how this system will work, It is claimed that the system will provide income from followers and monthly produced content..
What had happened before?
Immediately after Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, many rumors began to circulate that there would be changes on the platform. One of them was that the ‘blue tick’ would be paid. The first rumor that emerged was that Musk would include the blue tiki in his Blue subscription. The price was claimed to be $20. However, in a response he gave to the famous writer Stephen King on Twitter today, Musk signaled that the service would be $ 8 . This price has been confirmed with the post he just made.
Musk also explained why the blue tick will be paid:
“I will explain the rationale at more length before this is implemented. This is the only way to defeat bots and trolls.“
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