Social network twitter filmed this thursday blue check marks to uncredited accounts Twitter Blue, a subscription for $8 (€7.29) per monththus breaking business policy definitively Elon MuskWhen Twitter gives this verification to the public for free.
“We will remove the old verification marks,” the Twitter Verified account said in a tweet this Wednesday.
Twitter Blue users can: edit your tweets, post content up to 10,000 characters and get the platform’s algorithm to boost your tweets.
But, only 0.2% of network users pay for Twitter Blue: According to similar web, Twitter Blue had approximately 116,000 confirmed subscriptions across the web in March, up 138% from the previous month.
This amount of fertilizer not generating enough income With the arrival of its CEO, enough to make up for the money the company lost when various companies stopped advertising on Twitter. tesla And xspace.
Musk’s constant quarrels and sudden changes in his first year on the internet caused advertisers to flee. According to The Washington Post, the social network that was founded in 2006 and has recently caused ad revenues to drop by up to 75%.
Many users and media said that they do not plan to pay the fee. $8 per employee per month and $1,000 per month for their organization’s verification marks—the last one is yellow.. as are New York Times or actress Halle Berryannounced this Wednesday that it will join “unconfirmed”.
The date chosen for this change initially suggested it might be a joke.Since April 20 – spelled 4/20 in English – is “marijuana day” for many, and the joke has already been used by Musk on other occasions.
Musk tweeted in 2018: “I’m considering going public with Tesla at $420. Funded” and later said it was a joke.