Some malicious people who received blue ticks thanks to their Blue subscription caused chaos on Twitter. Making a statement about the blue tick, Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced that they will reconsider the approved accounts.
All accounts will be affected! Twitter takes a new step towards blue tick
Musk changed his mind again on his plan to get rid of bots and spam by getting people to pay $8 a month. Stating that the blue tick feature will be discussed again, Musk said, “We will remove all old blue ticks in a few months. The way they were given was corrupt and meaningless.” made statements.
The company, which has changed the Twitter Blue system, will give a check mark to those who buy paid membership. It was announced that gold for businesses, gray for government-sponsored institutions and blue for famous people will be used.
Company officials emphasized that Twitter Blue subscribers’ checkmark applications will be carefully examined. Users with a blue tick on Twitter will be able to change their profile photo and name after they are reviewed by the moderation team. Twitter stated that the blue tick feature of the user will be turned off until the changes to the profile are approved.
Musk recently announced that the character limit on Twitter will be increased to 4,000. Although no official statement has been made yet, it is estimated that this feature will only be available to Blue subscribers.
The features that will be offered to Twitter Blue subscribers are as follows;
- Editing a tweet
- Uploading longer videos in 1080p resolution
- Reader mode
- Checkmark (Gold for businesses, gray for government-sponsored institutions, and blue for famous people)
- Experience new features before standard users
Twitter will continue to show ads to users who purchase a Blue subscription. Stating that they want all users to benefit from the new feature, the company underlined that half of the ads will be shown to Blue subscribers as standard users.