The world richest man Elon Musk and now the new CEO of the micro blogging platform twitter has planned to start charging $20 for verification icon.
This is among the premium service Musk indicated that will be rolled out under his leadership, according to a report.
“The whole verification process is being revamped right now,”
Musk, who took over as the CEO of the social media platform
Friday, October 28, tweeted Sunday, October 30.
The company also plans to raise its optional $4.99-a-month
premium subscription called Twitter Blue to $19.99 a month.
However, that price is subject to change, The Verge reported,
citing internal correspondence and people familiar with the
matter.
Twitter will add more features, including verification, to bring its subscription up to par with the cost hike.
Elon Musk plans to make verified users pay money to keep their verified status.
Existing verified users have 90 days to subscribe to the new Twitter Blue after its launch or they’ll lose their blue checkmarks, according to The Verge.
The current Twitter Blue launched about a year ago and offers
subscribers a way to view ad-free articles from some publishers
as well as additional customization settings.
Musk has been outspoken about his desire to grow subscription
numbers to account for half of Twitter’s revenue as well as his
eagerness to overhaul the platform’s verification process.
Previously in another news,
Elon Musk who made a of $44billion
dollar to acquire a micro blogging platform Twitter earlier this
year has finalized the deal and will take control of twitter.
Elon musk after a visit to twitter head quarter at san Francisco
on Wednesday took control to the company on Thursday 27 October.
Taking to his twitter account, he tweeted ” The Bird is free
signaling that top personalities like Donald Trumph banned from
using the APP is free to Use it now.
The tesla CEO who have always criticized the mode of operation
of the leadership group of twitter took a huge step by sacking
five executives of twitter under the ownership of Jack Dorsey,
including Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal who walked away with $42million.
Another executive -CFO Segal who was behind Donald Trumph’s Ban and was also handsomely rewarded with $25 million after he
was fired by Musk.
This deal was completed between Musk and owners of twitter few
hours before musk was about to be dragged back to court after
he was sued by twitter when he made it known that me might
back of from the deal.
