Twitter for iOS Updated With New $8 Subscription Offering Verification and More [Updated: Not Yet Live]

[macsplusmacs]

Twitter was infamously bloated in headcount. Twitter’s former management was already planning to do a massive RIF.

Twitter’s accessibility features are an utter joke. These people deserved to be fired because they didn’t do anything.

Because nothing is better than something?

Ok.

 

[pnplibi]

Stop calling it verification. It's not. It's pay to play. They don't give a s**t who you are, just pay the $8 per month and you can pretend to be anybody and they will go along with the charade.

I thought it would take a year for musk to destroy twitter, he's doing it in weeks.

 

[macsplusmacs]

Hold on,

logging into twitter.

Paying for my blue check.

Getting my blue handle.

@tupacshakur

There.

Verified.

 

[GMShadow]

Because nothing is better than something?

Ok.

I’m glad those are the only two options - nothing or keeping worthless employees on staff.

If only there was a third way - alas, that’s impossible!

 

[SW3029]

What's funny is Musk loyalists think he's doing something righteous and bold by opening the blue check to all. But it makes the blue check completely worthless and instead of representing that a person is an expert or figure of knowledge or importance, all a blue checkmark now symbolizes is Musk duped you into spending $8 a month because you are vain.

The Twitter blue check has no value or meaning anymore, thus no status. It's literally worthless now. But Musk fans will now pay him $8 a month for some blue pixels. lol it's insane

 

[Steve121178]

I can understand charging public figures a fee, almost. But this should not be open to any old person. I mean who cares if I get verified? It's not like I have an army of fakes trying to pretend to be me.

But people will pay for anything. People on this forum buy cases for their AirPods cases FFS.

 

[contacos]

Not even a verification process behind it? What if I rename my Twitter to Angela. Merkel? People are stupid, I am sure there would be heaps of people falling for trolls

 

[macsplusmacs]

I’m glad those are the only two options - nothing or keeping worthless employees on staff.

If only there was a third way - alas, that’s impossible!

I am happy that you have insider knowledge to say and can back up the fact they did "nothing".

 

[pbridge354]

What's funny is Musk loyalists think he's doing something righteous and bold by opening the blue check to all. But it makes the blue check completely worthless and instead of representing that a person is an expert or figure of knowledge or importance, all a blue checkmark now symbolizes is Musk duped you into spending $8 a month because you are vain.

The Twitter blue check has no value or meaning anymore, thus no status. It's literally worthless now. But Musk fans will now pay him $8 a month for some blue pixels.

I always thought the check mark was to be able to differentiate from a real account and a spam one, otherwise why do you need to be verified?

 

[alpi123]

Updated and don’t see any changes. Still the 2.99 option.

You're very impatient to pay $8 and be verified, aren't you?

 

[macsplusmacs]

Wonder how much of the unarmed one's money is in this.

Would be poetry if a bankrupt Twitter would equal a bankrupt man baby.

I'm sure he very little of his own in it though. Other peoples money and all that.

 

[geartau]

When everyone is verified, no one is verified.

if bots have to pay $8 x 14M accounts, that's ~$112M per month. It still helps the platform.

 

[geartau]

Perfect. I can watch a 10-minute video already, why do I want to any more than that?

For content creators to upload 10 minutes, not for content readers.

 

[macsplusmacs]

if bots have to pay $8 x 14M accounts, that's ~$112M per month. It still helps the platform.

It helps the platform with Misinformation?

Plus. Bots are not going to pay that. Even he says so which is one part of his kooky take over plan.

 

[backslash-f]

"Power to the people" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[JPack]

Coming soon…
- Half the ads & much better ones: Since you're supporting Twitter in the battle against the bots, we're going to reward you with half the ads and make them twice as relevant.
- Post longer videos: You'll finally be able to post longer videos to Twitter.
- Priority ranking for quality content: Your content will get priority ranking in replies, mentions, and search. This helps lower the visibility of scams, spam, and bots.
Availability: Twitter Blue with verification is currently available on iOS in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.

Was Elon pointing a firearm at the employee as they were writing the update notes?

 

[geartau]

It helps the platform with Misinformation?

like it already does now for free?

Plus. Bots are not going to pay that. Even he says so which is one part of his kooky take over plan.

responding to "When everyone is verified, no one is verified."

everyone verified = every bot account is paid for. if not every bot account is paid for, not everyone is verified and that helps reduce misinformation.

 

[macsplusmacs]

"Power to the people"*

That'll be 8 bucks please! ~ said the billionaire.

 

[Apple_Gabe]

I can see Elon's point of view, he just burned 44 Billion on Twitter, he has to make it up somehow, if at the least create revenue for Twitter to expand so that he doesn't have to reach into his own pockets. No one's forcing anyone to get verfiied, with a 8 dollar subscription, everyone wins. I think the whole 8 dollar subscription got overblown because celebrities feel insulted that they they're being charged, more entitlement than anything else.

 

[backslash-f]

Not even a verification process behind it? What if I rename my Twitter to Angela. Merkel? People are stupid, I am sure there would be heaps of people falling for trolls

😱 So you are saying you are actually Angela Merkel? 😱

 

[GMShadow]

I can see Elon's point of view, he just burned 44 Billion on Twitter, he has to make it up somehow, if at the least create revenue for Twitter to expand so that he doesn't have to reach into his own pockets. No one's forcing anyone to get verfiied, with a 8 dollar subscription, everyone wins. I think the whole 8 dollar subscription got overblown because celebrities feel insulted that they they're being charged, more entitlement than anything else.

Very much an entitlement thing. Plus they felt special.

 

[macsplusmacs]

Nice content there, would be a shame if I did not get $8 of month from you and someone suppressed it:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1588979910021767168

 

[JPack]

I can see Elon's point of view, he just burned 44 Billion on Twitter, he has to make it up somehow, if at the least create revenue for Twitter to expand so that he doesn't have to reach into his own pockets. No one's forcing anyone to get verfiied, with a 8 dollar subscription, everyone wins. I think the whole 8 dollar subscription got overblown because celebrities feel insulted that they they're being charged, more entitlement than anything else.

The irony is that far more advertisers are backing out of Twitter than this $8 could ever possibly hope to recover.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Someone needs to make a Twitter Handle for Tim Apple. Wait! Tim Cook already has a blue star does that mean he will be paying $8 with Apple Cash to keep it?

 

[4743913]

It helps the platform with Misinformation?

please link to your concern for misinformation BEFORE Musk bought twitter.

and you follow peter strzok. lol