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Twitter celebs balk at paying Elon Musk for blue check mark
28Mar By adminNo Comments
Technology

Twitter celebs balk at paying Elon Musk for blue check mark

[ad_1] William Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators — some household names, others little-known journalists — could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social media platform.They could get the marks back by paying up to $11 a month. But some longtime users, including 92-year-old Star Trek legend Shatner, have balked at buying the premium service championed by Twitter's billionaire owner and chief executive Elon Musk. After months of delay, Musk is gleefully promising that Friday is the deadline for celebrities, journalists and others who'd been verified for free to pony up or lose their legacy status. "It will be glorious," he tweeted Monday, in response to a Twitter user who noted that Friday is also April Fools Day.A...
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Zomato Shares Funny Tweet About Elon Musk’s Blue Tick Policy, Amul Too Joins In
4Nov By adminNo Comments
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Zomato Shares Funny Tweet About Elon Musk’s Blue Tick Policy, Amul Too Joins In

[ad_1] The headquarters of the popular micro-blogging platform Twitter has witnessed a slew of changes in the recent past. Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk took over the company as 'Chief Twit' after a $44 billion deal. And then, much to everyone's surprise, he announced that now the verified badge or 'blue tick' would be available for everyone but at a cost. According to Elon Musk's tweet, a sum of $8 would have to be paid every month in order to receive the elusive blue tick badge on your profile. And needless to say, Twitter had mixed responses to this news! Popular food delivery application Zomato too took to the platform to make a hilarious plea to Elon Musk. Take a look:ok elon, how about $8 with 60% off up to $5?— zomato (@zomato) November 3, 2022(Also Read: Zomato Suspends 'Pr...
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Elon Musk to Start Charging for Twitter Verification From Next Week?
3Nov By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk to Start Charging for Twitter Verification From Next Week?

[ad_1] Twitter aims to start selling blue verification badges for user profiles as soon as next week. Twitter Inc. aims to start selling blue verification badges for user profiles as soon as next week, part of a plan by new owner Elon Musk to fight fake accounts and squeeze revenue from the company he bought for $44 billion. The badges will be part of an $8-a-month subscription that could go live as early as Monday, according to people familiar with the plans. Users who already have a blue verification badge will have a multi-month grace period before they will either need to pay for the badge or lose it, said one of the people, who requested anonymity discussing plans that aren't public. The company also plans to expand access to its edit function. The edit feature, currently av...
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Elon Musk suggests Twitter was poorly run, did not welcome controversies
2Nov By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk suggests Twitter was poorly run, did not welcome controversies

[ad_1] Five Things Elon Musk Wants to Change About Twitter Right Away. Elon Musk is working to make his mark on Twitter Inc., days after assuming ownership of the service.The world's richest man has been reviewing the company's code with help from Tesla Inc. engineers, while consulting with powerful friends he trusts to help him make important decisions about where to take the product.So far, it turns out that making major changes to a 16-year-old product with about 7,000 employees is easier said than done. Here's an overview of what Musk is noodling – and how it intersects with reality: Job Cuts Twitter employees have been bracing for layoffs ever since Musk took over and fired the top executive team, including Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal. Over the weekend, a few employees ...
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Shocking! Elon Musk calls Twitter Blue tick system Bullshit, but prices it at $8pm
2Nov By adminNo Comments
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Shocking! Elon Musk calls Twitter Blue tick system Bullshit, but prices it at $8pm

[ad_1] Elon Musk has revealed that the Twitter blue tick verification badge on the platform will cost $8 per month. After days of speculations on whether the blue tick verification badge, a system developed by Twitter to distinguish influential people from fake accounts and pretenders, would become chargeable or not, the Twitter CEO has revealed his plans in a series of tweets confirming that the badge will indeed come at a monthly subscription fee. Some earlier reports had suggested the price to keep the blue tick in future might be as high as $20 (roughly Rs. 1600), Musk has confirmed that it will be kept at a lesser $8 (around Rs. 660). The announcement was received by the netizens with a generally negative reaction, with many stating that this move harms the creators for the platf...
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