Since Elon Musk took over Twitter five days ago, the world’s richest billionaire has effected massive changes the twitter structure.
As part of his plan to reshape the blue-bird social media, he announced via his Twitter handle on Tuesday that he is not comfortable with the current system of verifying users’ accounts on the social media.
According to him, Twitter’s current ‘lords and peasants’ system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit.
He thus announced democratisation of the confirmation status, declaring that it is now for sale at $8 per month.
Musk said in a series of tweets:
“Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.
“Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.
“Price adjusted by country proportionate to purchasing power parity.
“You will also get: – Priority in replies, mentions & search, which is essential to defeat spam/scam – Ability to post long video & audio – Half as many ads.
“And paywall bypass for publishers willing to work with us.
“This will also give Twitter a revenue stream to reward content creators”
Meanwhile, a tweep, who replied to musk said: If EVERYONE can buy a symbol of status/value then NOBODY actually has status/value. Making blue checks buyable literally removes the function and value of the bluecheck
Another user, Trippie White, said: “I am truly disgusted that our democracy just sat around and watched while Elon took twitter a turned it into an authoritarian disaster. The fact that he fired those three great men as soon as he took over shows just how much of a BIGOT he is. I will be leaving twitter tonight.”
Ever since Musk announced that he has officially taken reins of Twitter on Thursday, the billionaire has been making changes to the company.
Hours after officially closing the deal, Musk’s first move was to fire top officials of the company, including former CEO, Parag Agrawal. The Chief Financial Officer, Ned Segal; Chief legal officer, Vijaya Gadde; and general counsel Sean Edgett, were also dismissed the same day.
