The rumors became reality! Since the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, many winds of change began to blow. At the end of October, we reported that Twitter would start charging €20 per month to keep your account verified and that it would be part of Twitter Blue.
At the end of the day, the rumors ended up being true, although with a slight change. Yes, the Twitter Blue subscription will increase in price, as it will cost €8 per month and will be necessary to verify your account . However, the premium service will also receive a lot of new features.
Verified accounts for everyone who pays, but also other exclusive features
Twitter no longer announces changes through its official account, as it seems that Elon Musk will reserve the exclusivity of that right. Through his account , the billionaire and the company’s new boss announced that Twitter Blue will receive several changes soon .
The first has to do with the price of the premium subscription, which will drop from €4.99 to €8 per month . Additionally, Twitter Blue will now be required to have the distinctive blue mark of verified accounts.
According to Musk, Twitter’s account verification system sucked, dividing users into “lords and peasants.” From now on, any user will be able to easily verify their account , but they will have to pay for it.
In addition, Twitter Blue will receive the following exclusive features, which will be added to those that already exist:
- Priority in replies, mentions and searches , a feature that (according to Musk) will be essential for fighting spam and phishing scams.
- Possibility to publish longer videos and audios .
- Subscribers will only see half as many ads as free users.
- Better prices for content creators who want to work with Twitter.
In Musk’s own words, Twitter Blue’s price increase won’t just be for the company to make more money. The new CEO pointed out that these funds will also give Twitter the opportunity to create rewards for content creators .
Regarding the date on which the increase will take effect, Musk did not detail anything . Therefore, it only remains to wait for it to become a reality, but surely it should not be too long for it.
Twitter will differentiate public figures in another way, it will no longer be through the verified account
Now, you may be wondering: if anyone can now verify their account, how can you verify that the account of a public figure is really who they claim to be?
Musk himself spoke about this and detailed that he has a solution: once the changes take effect, the accounts of public figures will have a secondary label under their name announcing that they are. It will be similar to the label that already exists for politicians, but will be used for any other type of celebrity.
What do you think about this change? Do you think that the news is consistent with the increase in price of Twitter Blue? Leave your opinion in the comments.
