Do You Worry About Losing Your Blue Tick on Twitter?
Concerns have been voiced by Twitter users over Elon Musk's intention to charge for account verification, sometimes known as the "blue tick." Since Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, purchased Twitter, he has announced several updates to the service. The billionaire's plans for Twitter have taken everyone by surprise, from the rumored layoffs to the paid Twitter blue tick. The decision to monetize the blue tick has caused the biggest uproar on the site of all the announcements made since the $44 billion purchase was finalized. Concerns have been voiced by users about the proposed fee for verifying accounts. Musk has said, "from day one, I want this thing to produce money." The goal of his suggestions is to replace the current advertising-based business model. To verify their accounts, he said customers would have to pay $8 a month for a subscription to the blue tick. Musk appears to think this would fit in well with the "power to the people" sto