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X gives free blue check to big follower accounts
5Apr By adminNo Comments
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X gives free blue check to big follower accounts

[ad_1] Users with big followings will receive a free subscription to X, formerly Twitter -- and the platform's famous blue check, the company said in another policy U-turn.Before Musk, the blue check mark was used as a verification system for major accounts including celebrities, institutions and journalists. But Musk saw the system as unfair to regular users and overhauled the blue checks so that they went only to paying subscribers, which meant thousands of holders were stripped of the feature. Late Wednesday, some users were surprised and even angry to find the blue tick reinstated.A message from the platform explained that they were given free subscriptions because they were an "influential member" of X.The site added that it "reserves the right to cancel the complimentary subscript...
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Elon Musk’s X Is Worth Less Than Half of Price He Paid for Twitter
31Oct By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk’s X Is Worth Less Than Half of Price He Paid for Twitter

[ad_1] X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is worth less than half of what Elon Musk paid for it a year ago. Restricted stock units awarded to employees value the company at $19 billion, or $45 a share, according to a person familiar with the matter. A year ago, Musk bought Twitter Inc. for $44 billion.  Since the takeover, most of Twitter's staff was laid off or resigned. Musk renamed the company X, changed some of its content rules and lost more than half of its advertising revenue. Fortune earlier reported on the valuation, citing an internal memo.  The company has struggled financially under Musk's ownership. At the time of the takeover, Twitter was valued at $44 billion, based on a mix of debt and equity. Musk's purchase saddled the company with $13 billion in debt and ove...
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X Starts Subscription Tiers That Cost Up to $16 a Month
29Oct By adminNo Comments
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X Starts Subscription Tiers That Cost Up to $16 a Month

[ad_1]  Elon Musk's X began offering new subscription tiers for users on Friday in an attempt to shore up revenue at the social media company. Subscribers have the option of paying $3 a month for the basic tier, which provides features such as the ability to edit posts and upload longer videos, according to the company formerly known as Twitter Inc. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. Web users can opt to pay $8 a month for the premium tier or $16 a month for premium , to get additional benefits including the blue checkmark, ad revenue sharing, and fewer or no ads in their timelines. Users subscribing through Apple Inc.'s iOS and the Android platform will pay more. Since Musk bought the company a year ago, X has shifted away from advertising and toward paid subscriptions. A new analy...
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Elon Musk’s X launches two new subscription tiers; Know the prices and benefits
28Oct By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk’s X launches two new subscription tiers; Know the prices and benefits

[ad_1] Last night, X (formerly Twitter) finally launched two more subscription tiers to the paid version of its platform, known as the X Premium subscription. The Elon Musk-owned social media platform now has a Basic, Premium, and Premium Plus tier for those who want to access features such as editing a post, posting longer posts, and background video playing. Every tier unlocks some tier-specific benefits, and the most expensive plan, Premium Plus, unlocks all the features, and on top of that removes all ads and gives the user the “largest boost for your replies”. Let us take a look at the tiers, their price, and what they offer.The official X account of the Premium service posted about the new tiers yesterday, and said, “introducing Premium: no ads in For You or Following, largest boo...
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Elon Musk says two X Premium tiers coming soon; Know all about it
20Oct By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk says two X Premium tiers coming soon; Know all about it

[ad_1] For weeks, it has been known that X (formerly Twitter) would introduce multiple tiers as part of its subscription known as X Premium. It is just one of the several changes that the microblogging platform has undergone since Elon Musk's acquisition. Although the majority of Musk's moves have been called draconian by users, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO has not shied away from enforcing them, with the aim of making X a super app that competes with China's WeChat. In the latest announcement, Musk has now revealed that the tiers of the X Premium subscription could be coming soon.X Premium tiersIn an X post on Friday, Musk announced that two new tiers of the X Premium subscription would be coming soon. He wrote, “Two new tiers of X Premium subscriptions launching soon.” As suspected, one o...
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X starts charging new users annual fee to use basic features; Know all about it
18Oct By adminNo Comments
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X starts charging new users annual fee to use basic features; Know all about it

[ad_1] Ever since Elon Musk took over X (formerly Twitter), it has undergone a myriad of changes. In a bid to make it a super app that can compete with China's WeChat, the microblogging platform has received several new features, alongside a complete rebranding that resulted in Larry the Bird being replaced by an X. However, not all users are happy with the multitude of changes being introduced on the platform, with several of them calling these moves draconian. Just recently, it was announced that X would bring a 3-tier subscription model to its X Premium. Now, a new report has added fuel to the fire by revealing that X could charge users for basic features, and has already started testing the same in 2 countries. Let's take a look. X to charge users?According to a report by Fortune (...
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Elon Musk’s X gets a new feature; Users can block replies from unverified accounts
10Oct By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk’s X gets a new feature; Users can block replies from unverified accounts

[ad_1] X (formerly Twitter) has now added a new feature, which is being deemed controversial by a section of the users. The Elon Musk-owned social media platform now lets users restrict the replies to a post to only those who are verified by X, meaning they have the $7.99 monthly subscription. At the moment, X has not made it the default option, and ‘everyone can reply' is still set as default unless the user changes it. Some users are calling this feature a ‘paywall' to reply to posts, something which is considered a basic feature for social media platforms.The feature was announced earlier today by the official account of X, and it posted, “you can now limit replies to verified users” along with an image that showed the option using which unverified accounts can be locked out. Some us...
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X could turn profitable next year, reveals CEO Linda Yaccarino
28Sep By adminNo Comments
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X could turn profitable next year, reveals CEO Linda Yaccarino

[ad_1] Over the last 12 months, X (formerly Twitter) has undergone a multitude of changes. Elon Musk's acquisition of the microblogging platform has spurred controversy from day 1, with people calling measures such as the removal of verification, and temporarily limiting tweet views draconian. After managing the company as the CEO for a while, Musk appointed Linda Yaccarino as his successor. This change hasn't really moved people's opinions about the Musk-owned company, as its rival Threads soared in popularity as soon as it was launched by Meta. Despite this, X could turn profitable next year and most of its top advertisers are back, according to the CEO. On profits and advertisersAccording to a report by The Verge, at the Code Conference 2023, CNBC's Senior Media & Tech Correspond...
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Video, audio calling features coming to X on iPhones first, but you will have to pay
26Sep By adminNo Comments
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Video, audio calling features coming to X on iPhones first, but you will have to pay

[ad_1] Since Elon Musk's acquisition of X (formerly Twitter), the platform has been going through a myriad of changes. From the removal of legacy verification and the introduction of X Premium to the big rebranding campaign, the Twitter chief is certainly not holding back from bringing his dream of making X a “global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities” to reality. While the microblogging platform offers multiple ways through which users can connect with each other, such as DMs and Spaces, now it is set to rival FaceTime with video and audio calling features. This functionality could arrive soon on the platform, according to a new code seen on X app. And most importantly, it will come at a cost. Yes, likely for premium subscribers.X to get video, audio calling feat...
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Elon Musk considers charging all X users monthly fee
19Sep By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk considers charging all X users monthly fee

[ad_1] Elon Musk has suggested charging all users of his social media platform X, which would be the biggest shake-up since he took over the site then known as Twitter last October, but experts say he might struggle to get users on board.During a talk with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, Musk said that introducing a "small monthly payment" for X was the only way to combat the legions of automated accounts, known as bots, that plague the site. But X users united in dismay at the plan, suggesting it could finally put an end to the site, and analysts questioned the logic of a move that would make the platform even less appealing to advertisers. "I imagine that a large number of people won't go through the hassle of adding payment details, regardless of how small the pr...
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