That Twitter users see the blue check mark as a status symbol is nothing new, and after the acquisition of the company by Elon Musk, it seems that this status symbol it will become simply a symbol of who wants to pay $20 a month.
This is the new plan of the company with its new management, which will make the Twitter Blue subscription, which is priced at $4.99, go down to $20 per month. With that, In addition to adding the features found in Twitter Blue, we will also have the coveted blue tick.
This breaks with the traditional philosophy of verificationwhich simply implied that this account was an account with some relevance, such as the official account of an artist, for example, while, from now on, it will just be a tick as we are paying the subscription to Twitter Blue.
Additionally, as we read in TheVergethe developers who are working on this change are personally threatened by Elon Musk, because if they do not arrive on time to make this change, they will be fired personally by himalthough the truth of this type of information remains to be seen, coming from a person who he was unable to complete a self-initiated transaction in time.
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