Elon Musk, the new owner of the microblogging site, responded to Stephen King a day after he threatened to leave if he was asked to pay $20 for a blue tick, saying, “We need to pay the bills somehow!”
Stephen King, an American horror writer, is the most recent famous person to publicly denounce rumours that Elon Musk intended to charge for blue ticks on Twitter.
Tweeted Stephen King, “Keep my blue check for $20 each month? They should pay me, screw that. I’m gone like Enron if that is implemented.”
Musk then responded, “We must find a way to pay the bills. Twitter can’t only rely on sponsors. Consider $8.”
WE MUST FIND A WAY TO PAY THE BILLS! TWITTER CAN’T STRIKE OUT ON ADVERTISERS SOLELY. HOW MUCH IS $8?
NOVEMBER 1, 2022 — ELON MUSK (@ELONMUSK)
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Musk wrote further, “Before this is put into action, I will go into further detail on the justification. The bots and trolls can only be eliminated in this way.”
Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, has stated that the platform’s verification procedure, which adds a blue check next to the profile name, is being updated. When a user complained that he wasn’t given the coveted blue tick despite having a sizable following, Musk revealed the strategy in a tweet.
The Verge reports that the firm will soon start charging customers for the blue tick, even if the exact specifics of the new verification method are still unknown.
The Verge reports that the firm will soon start charging customers for the blue tick, even if the exact specifics of the new verification method are still unknown.
According to a Verge article, Elon intends to charge as much as $19.99 (approximately Rs 1,650) per month for the Twitter Blue subscription.
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