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Musk Faces Widespread Backlash Over His New Plans for Twitter: ‘A Terrible Idea’

RTM Staff by RTM Staff
October 31, 2022
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Musk Faces Widespread Backlash Over His New Plans for Twitter: ‘A Terrible Idea’

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New Twitter CEO Elon Musk faced widespread backlash online Sunday afternoon after a report revealed that his company will now move to charge users nearly $20 a month to be verified.

The Verge reported that the “directive is to change Twitter Blue, the company’s optional, $4.99 a month subscription that unlocks additional features, into a more expensive subscription that also verifies users,” according to sources and documents the publication accessed.

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While pricing is subject to change, the plan is to charge $19.99 for the new Twitter Blue.

The report said that people with existing verified accounts would have 90 days to sign up for the new $19.99 package or lose their verification badge.

The report said that Musk had informed employees that they must meet the deadline to launch the new product by the end of the first week in November or they would be fired.

A poll conducted on Twitter by one of the people advising Musk found that 80% of users said they would not pay for it, to which Musk replied, “Interesting.”

Radio host Dana Loesch tweeted, “That’s the demo that gives Twitter any value by their usage. You don’t penalize your power users, you partner with them. That said, I hope this is a troll and either verify everyone (which will help with bots) or no one.”

“Ain’t no one payin for digital indulgences except people who bought into Twitter’s weird treatment of verification for status and not actual verification purposes,” Loesch added. “I’d let it lapse if true.”

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“If it suddenly ended tomorrow, I could somehow adjust to the fall,” National Review writer Dan McLaughlin tweeted.

Social media manager Josh Billinson tweeted: “It’s gonna be a very funny day on here when 99% of us lose our checks but then we get to know which of you actually thought it was worth paying $20 a month.”

“I think it’s a terrible idea on so many levels,” writer Katherine Brodsky tweeted. “The whole idea of verification was to ensure the authenticity of users/protect from fakes. Now, it will be harder to tell if some people or organizations opt out of verification.”

“There will be more misinformation on Twitter if @elonmusk requires verified users to pay for their blue badge,” national security professor Max Abrahams tweeted. “The main benefit of the badge is it prevents impersonation.”

“People like me will lose it,” blogger Tomris Laffly tweeted. “I mean, there is absolutely no f***ing way that I will pay for it. If it can be bought, it’s worthless.”

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