{"id":1240422,"date":"2022-11-01T09:45:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T09:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/01\/twitter-verified-users-to-pay-20-every-month\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T09:45:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T09:45:47","slug":"twitter-verified-users-to-pay-20-every-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/01\/twitter-verified-users-to-pay-20-every-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter verified users to pay $20 every month \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Now that he\u2019s at the helm of Twitter, Elon Musk wants to charge users to retain the coveted \u201cblue check\u201d denoting verified status, according to a report in the technology publication The Verge.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Verge said that Musk plans to charge $20 a month for Twitter Blue, a service that currently costs $5 monthly, and expands its features to include verifying users\u2019 identity.<\/p>\n<p>Currently verified users would have 90 days to sign up for the subscription or lose their blue check mark, the Verge reported, citing unnamed sources and internal correspondence.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0Elon Musk Takes Over Twitter, Fires Executives<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>The truth is that a blue checkmark, which indicates the person behind a profile is who they say they are, has become a coveted marker of status on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole verification process is being revamped right now,\u201d Musk tweeted on Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The whole verification process is being revamped right now<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1586848033550934016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>Musk has previously outlined bold ambitions for the platform, which has struggled to broaden its user base.<\/p>\n<p>His proposals include boosting subscriptions to half of the company\u2019s revenue and growing the service to 900 million users in five years, according to reports by the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>For now, revenue from Twitter Blue, which lets users edit tweets and removes some advertising, makes up less than 8% of the company\u2019s sales, according to Twitter\u2019s latest earnings report.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0Elon Musk says end time is near, and humanity will die in the apocalypse<\/p>\n<p>Since Musk officially took over as Twitter\u2019s boss on Friday, he has made a number of changes, including firing the CEO and other top executives and changing the way the site\u2019s homepage looks for users who aren\u2019t logged in.<\/p>\n<p>He plans to cut as much as three-quarters of Twitter\u2019s workforce, the Washington Post has reported.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Now that he\u2019s at the helm of Twitter, Elon Musk wants to charge users to retain the coveted \u201cblue check\u201d denoting verified status, according to a report in the technology publication The Verge. 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