Elon Musk Announces Twitter Will Offer Verification For All Paid Accounts

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“Power to the people! Blue for $8/month”, said Musk.

Twitter will offer verified, blue checkmark status to all who subscribe to the Twitter Blue service.

The announcement was made by Twitter owner Elon Musk, who slammed the previous “lords & peasants system”.

Here is Musk’s full Twitter thread on the changes:

“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.”

“Price adjusted by country proportionate to purchasing power parity”

“You will also get:
– Priority in replies, mentions & search, which is essential to defeat spam/scam
– Ability to post long video & audio
– Half as many ads”

“And paywall bypass for publishers willing to work with us”

“This will also give Twitter a revenue stream to reward content creators”

A smart move

This is a smart move by Musk, as it returns Twitter verification more to the original intent. Verification had morphed into a status-symbol given out to those who were connected to establishment media organizations or other institutions.

Meanwhile, bots had proliferated on the platform.

Now, verification will be more widely available, and bot activity should be significantly curtailed, which is a big step in the right direction for Twitter.

Spencer Fernando

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