for verified accounts heralds an end to a longtime social-media status symbol and is prompting complaints from some of the platform’s celebrity contributors concerned about potential impersonation.
The departing system, in which Twitter verified notable accounts to confirm their authenticity by adding a blue check mark next to the user’s name, will give way starting April 1 to one in which users must purchase a subscription to be verified, the company has said. Twitter, which previously didn’t charge for verification, is only providing it now to those who pay $8 to $11 for aa WSJ subscription
Not just celebrities.... Why should ANYONE pay for a social media site. Bad move Elon.
I read this and decided free speech was worth much more than $8/month. They're still verifying my blue check mark. Well worth it for a nobody like me! Too bad some rich celebrities don't care.
Like celebrities can’t afford it?
You could've really had a credible story about the problem of subscriptions to legitimate organisations like police forces, but once again you had to go for the click-bait headline. Your decline is sad.
Here's one...
That $8 is better spent on a vodka shot on a friday after a long work week, rather than waste it on a blue check on Twitter 😂😂😂
Geen reden tot zorg. Ze zijn al beroemd en hebben genoeg geld.
Oh no, the celebrities are upset.
What a ripoff!
Twitter will have problems as long as terrorists and other criminals have Twitter accounts.
Celebrities better be upset about us little guys having to pay $7 a month. I'm sure it won't hurt their millions.
Time to check their sensitivities at the Twitter boarding gate!
The truth is, elonmusk is in an impossible situation. Paid accounts will definitely reduce the prevalence of spam/AI bots on Twitter but it will also lead to casual users like me dropping off. There’ll be less engagement but remaining users will be profitable. It’s a gamble.
Rich Celebrities can't afford $8 per month ?
Celebrities are upset? Oh no, someone save them, poor people! They need their egos massaged by a virtual brooch.
$7
What happens when police departments or other authorities are impersonated? Chaos. That’s the problem. We don’t know who is really who with this change. It defeats a key value of Twitter.
If I can afford $8 per month, I am sure these rich elitists can too. Twitter, ultimately, is a business. Not a free playground for the rich and famous.
Obfuscate and misinform the masses! It’s worked before.
Nah, just disappointed for a second before they migrate to other platforms.
Please It’s not just celebrities. Without a verifying blue check there’s no way of knowing who is legit on the platform. What a mess.
Correction: to eliminate verification, open floodgates of imposter accounts and turn badges *into* ‘status symbols‘
They were already paying. What they are really upset about is that the price went down from $15,000 to $8/mo. Now that they feel it’s not as exclusive, nor attached to your ability to bribe a decision maker, they are gnashing teeth at the Meeks access.
Dear , I’m not a celebrity and I think Musk’s pay-to-play bluecheck scheme is a joke. I’m not upset at all, but I do recognize a money-grab when I see it. Come April 1, or whenever, I’ll lack a check and be just fine.
Oh, that's why the last couple of days there was a return of whining about the demise of twitter!
upset celebs! OMG life cannot go on
Just pay him or leave it. You have the money and he have the blue badge
Excellent
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