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$8 Twitter Blue Subscription With Included Checkmark Now Available

ProfessionalFan said:
Every time you buy something in a store (besides local mom and pop stores), you're supporting a very rich person.
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Sure, but I also get something out of it. I have an Amazon Prime account. I don't pay Bozos because I support "the free market". There was a prime badge on my Twitch account because I linked the accounts. I turned off the badge because I don't want to give free advertising to Amazon.
 
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Twitter today rolled out its updated Twitter Blue subscription offering, which is priced at $7.99 per month. The new subscription is $3 more expensive than the prior $4.99 per month price, and it was introduced at the insistence of Twitter CEO Elon Musk.

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Musk initially floated a $20 price point for Twitter Blue before settling on $8. The new subscription does away with ad-free articles for Twitter Blue subscribers, but it adds the same blue and white badge that Twitter previously limited to verified accounts.

Musk has pledged to make the badge available to all Twitter users, this morning calling it "the great leveler." He has expressed distaste at the verification badge being provided only to accounts of public figures, businesses, celebrities, journalists, and other high-profile users who are in danger of being impersonated on the social network.

It continues to be unclear if Twitter will implement a method of identity verification now that the blue badge is no longer a verification symbol. Earlier today, Twitter rolled out "Official" labels some accounts that had previously been verified, but Musk said he "killed" the feature and now its status is unknown. As of now, accounts that had verification prior to the new Twitter Blue rolling out retain their verification badges, but Musk has said these will be removed for those who do not pay.

Twitter Blue will also include "half the ads," the ability to post longer videos, and access to new Twitter Blue features. At the $7.99 price point and with 50% fewer ads, some have speculated that Twitter Blue could end up costing Twitter money, especially for those who subscribe to Twitter Blue through the iOS app as Twitter will need to give Apple a cut of the subscription price.

Musk today also held a meeting with Twitter advertisers, where he spoke on his moderation plans and future features. Twitter plans to build a content moderation council to make policy decisions, and he said that Twitter should honor freedom of speech, but viewpoints "don't need to be amplified."

Musk floated the idea that users would be able to send money to others on the platform in the future, and perhaps link their Twitter accounts to bank accounts. Twitter is also working on infrastructure for longer form video, with content payment options for creators. According to Musk, Twitter will be changing rapidly in the coming months, and some mistakes might be made. Features that do not work out will be rolled back. "If we do not try bold moves how will we make great improvements?" Musk said.

Article Link: $8 Twitter Blue Subscription With Included Checkmark Now Available
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So nothing but sideshow scam to turn Twitter into a subscription only platform. Sure still free for now, but that will change. Also verification is just his way to get more of your personal info he can sell the data and use it to label you friend or foe to his cohorts. As Monte Python would say... Run Away.... Run Away!!!!
 
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ProfessionalFan said:
Another easy 8 bucks for Elon when they ban this for violating Twitter's TOS on impersonating people without saying it is a parody.
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$8! Wow, a mega billionaire may make literally $1000's of dollars from parody accounts! Both of those are labeled as parody, albeit in their descriptions. And I'm sure he won't lose any money from the loss of trust of companies and users of his platforms as a result of the impersonation.
 
ProfessionalFan said:
You can still post for free, not that the "free" in "free speech" ever had anything to do with money. And not that free speech applies to a private company anyway.
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Well, if no one sees your posts without your paying, it’s not really speech anymore. So “free speech” (ability to speak your mind) vs “free speech” (cost-free posting) becomes a distinction without a difference. And let’s not try to pretend that Musk didn’t tout “free speech” as one of his reasons for buying this mess.
 
This stuff is hilarious, people willingly paying to be pimped out to data collection, and their information being sold for profit. Elon is double dipping that is what he unlocked.
 
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Now I doubt if Elon Musk is a smart man at all, or just persistent in his ideas and found intelligent followers to help him implement them. What a nightmare to probably work for him.
 
Apologies if this has been shared - there's a lot of replies to go through on this thread, the "parody" accounts are already running amuck (and eventually being shut down, but not before the fake tweets went viral:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lebron-james-lakers-trade/ (account suspended after 30 min)

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/josh-mcdaniels-fired-raiders/ (account suspended after ~2 hours)

Fraudsters have no qualms about paying $8/mo to bilk money out of people who don't know better.
 
Run away now. It will only be $8 for a year or less. The price *will* go up!

Die, Twitter, die!

Mark
 
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