In a tweet on his official Twitter account, the new owner of the Twitter platform, Elon Musk, revealed a new version of Twitter Blue that will include a “blue verification mark” that can be accessed for $ 8 a month in the US. with prices in other countries adjusted according to the purchasing power of consumers in those market countries.
“The current system of gentlemen and peasants on Twitter that has or does not have a blue tick is bullshit, power to the people! Blue for $ 8 a month,” he tweeted.
In his tweet, Musk said, the price will be adjusted by country in proportion to purchasing power parity and you will also have priority in replies, mentions and research, necessary to overcome spam / scams, the ability to post long videos. and audio, and half the number of advertisements, paywalls will also be available to publishers who want to work with us.
He added that this would also give Twitter a revenue stream to reward content creators.
With this new Tweet, a new Twitter Blue subscription can allow anyone to get the certification mark and easily get Twitter Blue features.
Up until that point, Twitter Blue was a completely different service, it wasn’t verification related, and it cost $ 4.99 per month, which means $ 3 in fees means a 60% price increase.
As for Twitter Blue, its main offerings were the ability to read ad-free articles, cancel or edit tweets (in some countries), and customize the navigation bar.
It also allows you to set NFT as your profile picture, however, as of Tuesday, the ad-free portion of articles has been removed, although it seems Musk somehow wants to work with publishers given the intent to allow Blue subscribers to bypass the paywall system. .
Musk hasn’t announced when the new feature set and pricing will go into effect, but currently the in-app documentation for Blue is for the legacy system – these content creator rewards in practice.
