The shift is one of the first of many changes the platform's new billionaire owner is reportedly aiming to institute ASAP.
month membership. Right now, users who shell out for Twitter Blue get features like “Undo Tweet” and “Reader Mode,” which allows access to ad-free articles from big news outlets and a different format for long tweet threads. Yet underchange, Blue would also become the only way to access profile verification. Site users who already have a blue check would have 90 days to subscribeThe Verge based on internal company communications viewed by the outlet.
And it’s not just a sizeable shift for the platform and its users, but also for the company’s employees. Musk reportedly doled out his directive to create a paid version of verification in the form of an ultimatum. The workers tasked with developing the feature need to complete their work by November 7th, or the Tesla CEO will fire them, accord to The Verge.to investors. But it seems as if a large part of Musk’s plan is to make the site more subscription-dependent.
So the hefty subscription fee is likely to yield less than one percent of the company’s current annual earnings, while also driving away users. Verification has long been a draw for celebrities, politicians, journalists, and other notable figures on the platform for whom fake, mimic accounts pose a serious annoyance (and
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