Elon Announces ‘Lords & Peasants System’ on Twitter Is About to Get a Radical Change
Elon Musk announced that the subscription price for Twitter Blue will be increased and those who are subscribed will get the special blue checkmark for verification status. “Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for…
Elon Musk announced that the subscription price for Twitter Blue will be increased and those who are subscribed will get the special blue checkmark for verification status.
“Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bulls***. Power to the people! Blue for $8/month,” Musk tweeted on Tuesday afternoon.
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He went on to explain that subscribers will get “priority in replies, mentions & search … ability to post long video & audio” and “half as many ads.”
They will also get a paywall bypass from “publishers willing to work with ,” Musk added in his thread about the subscription service.
The announcement comes after The Verge reported on Sunday that there were rumors that Twitter Blue would cost $20 per month and give anyone who paid verified status.