It’s hard to say whether or not it’s a April Fool. But probably not, also because the announcements went through the official channels of the platform. From the first of April who currently has the blue tick on your profile Twitter he won’t see her again. Unless you subscribe to the Twitter Blue program and pay the 7 euros per month foreseen in Italy (with a discounted annual plan, otherwise 8 per month and only from desktop, the price rises to 11 per month if on iPhone to balance the commissions imposed by Apple).
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Therefore, those who had obtained verification of their account in the past for reasons purely of quality or related to their profession or condition that certifies its authenticity (politicians, journalists, celebrities, influencers, public personalities) will have to do without it. The platform has in fact launched new plans for companies and different badges for public figures, such as government officials. Everyone else will have to fend for themselves. Paying.
The theme is that Twitter blue actually produces series A and series B users. The content of those who pay, for example, they leap to the top of replies, mentions, and searches. Not only that: the Blue subscriber can post longer videos and in Full HD quality, he can edit tweets (up to five times within half an hour of posting), can write tweets up to 4,000 lines long and get early access to new features in testing. In addition to having bookmarked folders and a personalized browsing experience. To subscribe there is no merit assessment: it’s all about paying and verifying a phone number. All verified, one might say, none verified.
So from April 1, even in Italy, what was a badge of authenticity and often of authority especially in the media environment becomes a paid product like the others. A feature accessible to anyone with which Elon Musk is trying to keep the accounts of the platform standing, which in recent months has lost half its value and has recently been the subject of a source code violation, and which opens up quite a few problems, despite the countermeasures taken over the months, on the themes of personification, of person replacement and the pollution of the bird platform debate.
This is the end of the blue tip. Companies, with very high prices, will be able to get one golden while that grey it will be reserved for institutions, government officials or members of multilateral organizations such as the United Nations.
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Source: Vanity Fair
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