2/11/2022–|Last updated: 2/11/202203:35 (Mecca)
Twitter’s new CEO Elon Musk announced Tuesday that the company will charge $ 8 per month for its blue tick service, as it seeks to increase subscriptions and make the social network less dependent on ads.
“Power to the people! Blue for $ 8 a month,” Musk tweeted, referring to the blue verification mark that appears next to verified accounts, explaining that the new plan would overthrow “the current system of bosses and peasants” and it would create a new source of revenue for the platform.
In his tweet on the platform, Musk described the current Twitter system – the bosses / villagers – that distinguishes the holders of the blue tick from others as “nonsense”.
He explained that the tariff for the blue tick will be different from one country to another. She said those who pay $ 8 will prioritize many of the platform’s features and will be able to share longer videos and voicemails and see 50% fewer ads.
Musk also announced opening the door to financial rewards for content owners on the Twitter platform, turning it into a source of income for content creators. “This will also give Twitter a source of income to reward content creators,” he tweeted.
Authentication privileges, currently available for $ 5 per month, allow users to edit their tweets.
Currently, only a few accounts can require authentication, including governments, businesses, media, political, cultural, and sporting figures, and these accounts can lose their blue badge if they don’t comply with the platform’s rules.
The American billionaire, head of the electric car companies “Tesla” and “SpaceX” for commercial space rockets, has completed the acquisition of Twitter for $ 44 billion and on Monday announced his assumption of the position of CEO of the social network. days after his firing of former president Barack Agrawal and several other officials.
On the same day, Musk announced that the social media company would form a new council to monitor content, without giving many details, and asked the engineers to work tirelessly on this complete overhaul of the system.
