Elon Musk’s latest Twitter change prompted some soccer players to quit the platform, while one Premier League winner called him „some crazy dude.“
Elite soccer players from England’s Premier League took aim at Elon Musk after their blue checkmarks were taken away on Thursday.
Twitter users who don’t pay the $8-a-month fee for the Twitter Blue subscription had their checkmarks removed on April 20 as Musk seeks to make the platform more profitable.
He says it’s necessary to stop fraudulent accounts and bots, while also ending a „lords and peasants system“ which saw verification limited to notable accounts, like celebrities, businesses, and journalists.
Twitter Blue led to several trolls impersonating high-profile accounts, while those who’ve paid for the blue checkmark have been mocked.
