The Twitter CEO buried the news Friday in a reply to Verified Twitter user Robert Reich trashing his leadership
Elon Musk finally revealed his plans for Twitter Verified accounts Friday, or at least the key outlines of a new three-color system of check marks that will launch in one week: Gold for companies, gray for government and blue for individuals.
Will Musk demand $8 straight for this privilege? That’s what he’s been strongly leaning toward – but he didn’t say in the Friday reveal whether check marks would require immediate payment or subscription. He did say they could take time to “activate” because they need to be manually verified: “Painful, but necessary,” he said.
Musk buried the news in a tweet-reply thread started by Robert Reich, whose credentials as a Berkeley professor and Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton should telegraph what he thinks of the new Twitter CEO.
