Since becoming CEO of the social network last week, the multifaceted businessman has announced a series of changes.
Last week, billionaire Elon Musk dissolved the board of directors of the social network Twitter, thus becoming its CEO and taking full control of the US company. Since then he has announced a series of new features on the platform.
In the first place, the versatile businessman has spoken of a remodeling of Twitter Bluean optional paid monthly subscription that offers exclusive access to premium features, currently only available in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Part of that process involves collect eight dollars a month for users to get a verification mark on their accounts. Meanwhile, those who already have a verified account —near 420,000—will keep that status for free for a while, but will lose it if they don’t pay the appropriate fee.
What advantages does it offer?
Also, those people they will have priority in answers, in mentions and in searches, as well as the possibility of publishing longer audios and videos than usual. In addition, they will see a reduced number of ads.
One of the latest messages posted by Musk on his Twitter account states that the social network needs to become the most accurate source of information in the world. “That’s our mission,” asserted.
Also Has revealed that there will be a secondary label under the name of users who are public figures, as is already the case with politicians. Likewise, Has promised that soon will greatly improve the search within Twitter.
Second, Musk assured that Twitter will respect freedom of expression, although this It has generated an increase in hate speech, for example, with the publication of anti-Semitic memes by some users, who are thus testing content moderation policies, although the new director points out that have not been modified.
Precisely this Monday tweeted that the rules of the platform will evolve over time, remembering the current ones through a link. They state that the purpose of Twitter is to serve the public conversation, detailing that violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior go against it, so they are prohibited on the social network.
Against identity theft
Although Musk assured that many of the Twitter users who were permanently blocked, including former US President Donald Trump, would be able to recover their accounts, he recently said that this will not happen until procedures are established. how to do it, something that will take at least a few weeks.
Other change announced is the permanent suspension without notice of any accounts, including verified accounts, that impersonate someone, unless they clearly state that it is a parody.
This comes shortly after several users, including comedian Kathy Griffin and former NFL player Chris Kluwe, were suspended from the platform after impersonating Musk himself by changing his username.
On the other hand, Musk made a poll to ask netizens if they want the ‘resurrected’ service of accommodation of Vine short form videos. More than 70% of the almost five million people who participated voted in favor of that idea. There are reports that Twitter’s new CEO has already ordered developers to work on it, setting the end of this year as the deadline.
Twitter could introduce a video-for-pay feature that would allow creators to charge users to view their content, with a portion of the revenue going to the platform. It is believed that the adult entertainment industry is likely to take advantage of this feature and the social network will become a competitor to the content subscription service OnlyFans.
Other ideas
Musk has raised the idea of dividing Twitter into different content threads, suggesting that users select the version they prefer, much like choosing a movie based on its content rating.
It has also backed a user’s suggestion that the service be broken up into different video game-style modes, including a ‘player versus player’ version, where verified accounts could hold debates.
In addition, the new CEO of Twitter has announced that the microblogging service will soon add the ability to attach long form text to posts to put an end to the “nonsense of notepad screenshots”. to this novelty, detailed“creator monetization for all forms of content” will follow.
Finally, another change is that from now on, Internet users not registered on Twitter who visit the social network will be redirected to the ‘Explore’ page, where the most popular tweets and news are displayed, whereas before they were shown the page start of it.
At a business level, after announcing the plans After reducing the company’s workforce by around 50%, Musk said that those who remain in it will no longer be able to work remotely, although there will be some exceptions. Previously, the businessman did the same at the car company Tesla, of which he is also CEO.
