Musk now needs everybody to pay $8 a month (Rs 900 in India a month) for verified Blue verify marks, and all legacy Blue badges are set to go away any second.
The White House and The New York Times have already refused to pay for verified Blue with subscription service.
LeBron James, the highest-paid NBA participant of all time and incomes over $40 million per 12 months, refused to pay Twitter.
“Welp guess my blue check mark will be gone soon cause if you know me I ain’t paying the 5,” he posted on the platform.
Actor William Shatner tweeted at Musk: “Now you’re telling me that I have to pay for something you gave me for free? What is this – the Columbia Records & Tapes Club?”
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Michael Thomas, a large receiver for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints, posted: “Don’t nobody want that raggedy blue check no way anymore”.Activist-lawyer Monica Lewinsky posted a set of screenshots displaying a number of Twitter accounts impersonating her.
“Well this is going to be fun. In what universe is this fair to people who can suffer consequences for being impersonated? A lie travels halfway around the world before truth even gets out the door”, she posted.
Meanwhile, Musk-run Twitter has eliminated the Blue badge of The New York Times, barely every week after he introduced a brand new coverage for holding verification badges.
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Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com