NEW YORK: Twitter Inc cannot rely entirely on advertisers, new owner Elon Musk tweeted in response to author Stephen King’s criticism that the platform reportedly plans to charge users about US$20 a month to keep their Blue Check verification.
Twitter is looking to raise its optional Twitter Blue monthly subscription price to US$19.99 from US$4.99, and launch new features including paid user verification, the Verge reported late Sunday.
We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022
I will explain the rationale in a longer form before this is implemented. It is the only way to defeat the bots & trolls.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022
Musk, who recently changed his Twitter bio to ‘Chief Twit’, has now changed it to ‘Twitter Complaint Hotline Operator’.