[arista]

Elon Musk says $8 monthly fee for Twitter blue tick


A BBC Journalist
Who joined Times Radio
Said they added a blue tick to her account
She will not pay $8 a month.




Elon Musk says $8 monthly fee for Twitter blue tick


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63478854

[LeatherTrumpet]

its a white tick?

[arista]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

its a white tick?

Blue Backing makes it a Blue Tick


If you need one
$8 a month,
sent to Elon.

[The Slim Reaper]

If you don't pay, replies will be suppressed. Free speech though, right?

[Niamh.]

Good luck with that Elon

[Oliver_W]

$96 a year is nothing, why would anyone whinge about that?

Bear in mind that Twitter sucks, so people who care enough about their "social standing" on that hellhole to pay even 8p a year are basically branding IDIOT on their own forehead.

[arista]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

If you don't pay, replies will be suppressed. Free speech though, right?

No, just leave that
Blue Tic out



Those that can afford it
pay the $8 a month

[Zizu]

No idea what on Earth you are all talking about … but if he starts charging for different things surely people will leave in their droves .

I will not be paying a dime / cent / penny

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[arista]

Originally Posted by Zizu

No idea what on Earth you are all talking about … but if he starts charging for different things surely people will leave in their droves .

I will not be paying a dime / cent / penny

You do not have to Pay
it is easy to understand.

Like there is a Twitter Professional
Already there which means you can
Fast Re-Tweet someone.

Example
https://twitter.com/OwenJones84

His account is Verified as UK Owen Jones,

Left Winger (that's how I describe him)
he has a Tick.
So He will pay the $8 a month to keep it
or the Guardian will etc

[arista]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

$96 a year is nothing, why would anyone whinge about that?

Bear in mind that Twitter sucks, so people who care enough about their "social standing" on that hellhole to pay even 8p a year are basically branding IDIOT on their own forehead.

It does not
who you know on Twitter
helps you.

If you find a hellhole
Unfollow those freaks.


This Blur Tick
regard it as a Twitter Professional extension.

[bitontheslide]

Arista is hoping to join Musk's marketing team

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Arista is hoping to join Musk's marketing team

Do not need to
they have a good team.

[Mystic Mock]

Elon Musk doing monetization over something that should be free.

Like a typical corporate businessman.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Elon Musk doing monetization over something that should be free.

Like a typical corporate businessman.

It Still is Free

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by arista

It Still is Free

The blue tick isn't though.

[MTVN]

So sad these celebs will now need to choose between tweeting and heating

[bitontheslide]

i had to laugh at some of the arguments against it today .... "how will we know what sources to trust without the blue tick" .... like Trump was a trusted source

[The Slim Reaper]

Blue ticks have always been the worst dweebs on there, but the prioritising blue tick replies has undercut his free speech bonafides instantly.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i had to laugh at some of the arguments against it today .... "how will we know what sources to trust without the blue tick" .... like Trump was a trusted source

And the bar was very low for a blue tick, there were all sorts of crackpots with very few followers with it

He'd be better off getting rid altogether

[arista]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

The blue tick isn't though.

You do not have to have it

[bitontheslide]

the workforce at twitter is being slashed today, that will save a few quid

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63495125

[Soldier Boy]

Require everyone to use their real name and verify their identity on sign-up. No need for blue ticks, no fake accounts, no bots, far less trolling.

To sign up as a company or organisation, make it that the email address has to be @ the official site.

I'm not generally a fan of the idea of verified ID being required for everything but the initial idea behind Twitter was that people would use their real name and photo... it was never intended to be an anonymous trolling platform but that's what it increasingly is becoming.

[bitontheslide]

, maybe if he wasn't being a prick things would be different

[LeatherTrumpet]

[arista]