31st October, 2022
Reports have it that Twitter under Elon Musk’s thumb may charge $20/month to approve a user’s request for a verification badge.
The world’s richest man, Musk, recently bought the social media platform for a whopping $44 billion.
According to reports, those who are already verified will have 90 days to subscribe or they will lose their verified status.
As reported by Platformer and The Verge, Twitter Blue currently costs $4.99/month and allows users to edit their tweets, get early access to new features, and more, but it currently has nothing to do with verification.
Musk has been outspoken with his desire to address how Twitter verifies accounts and handles its bot problems, and he tweeted on Sunday, October 30, that “the whole verification process is being revamped right now.”
Twitter currently makes most of its money from advertising, but these changes and more are part of Musk’s plans to make subscriptions at least “half of the company’s overall revenue.”