Elon Musk is not wasting any time: As he has already announced, the subscription model for the blue tick on Twitter profiles is now beginning. Users now pay eight dollars for the verification badge. However, the new service will initially start its test run in certain regions.
Twitter has updated its app and now charges $8 a month to use the coveted white tick on a blue verification badge. Until now, the symbols with the check mark, which guarantee the authenticity of the Twitter profile, have been assigned free of charge. Above all, the accounts of celebrities, companies, and users with many followers, such as politicians or journalists, were marked with it.
In its update for Apple devices, Twitter said anyone who signs up for the new service "now" will get the blue tick next to their username, "just like the celebrities, businesses, and politicians you already follow." Other benefits of the update include "half the ads," the ability to post longer videos on Twitter, and better placement for high-quality content.
This is Elon Musk's first major overhaul of the social media platform since he took over Twitter. The new verified service is initially rolling out in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. "Once we know it's working well in the first few countries and we've completed the translation work, it will be rolled out globally," Musk wrote in a tweet.
