Elon Musk tweeted saying he has revised the proposed price for Twitter blue tick verification to $8/month. Bollywood director Vivek Agnihotri and critic Kamaal R Khan reacted to the monthly fee. Read more
Twitter’s new owner billionaire Elon Musk announced that the verification blue tick in front of a user’s name that authenticates the account will now be available at a price of eight dollars per month.
Moments later, social media was abuzz with the debate over the new fees introduced by Musk. #bluetick was the top trend on Twitter and Bollywood celebrities couldn’t stop themselves to comment on the same.
Musk blasted the «current lords and peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark», using an expletive. «Power to the people! Blue for USD 8 per month,» he tweeted adding that the price is adjusted by country proportionate to purchasing power parity.