{"id":1281,"date":"2022-10-31T18:36:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T18:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2022-10-31T18:53:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T18:53:55","slug":"twitter-to-start-charging-20-a-month-for-verification-under-new-owner-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/31\/twitter-to-start-charging-20-a-month-for-verification-under-new-owner-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter contemplates $20 per month for verified account"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elon Musk has decided to charge Twitter users $20 (\u00a317.30) a month or $240 a year for a blue tick on their account, as the world\u2019s richest person prepares an overhaul of the social media platform.<\/p><div class=\"afric-content\" id=\"afric-266007000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/hello?utm_source=ecm-digital&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=lac-dex-2026&#038;utm_content=french\" aria-label=\"French&#8212;300&#215;250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/French-300x250-1.gif?fit=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Users who are currently verified by Twitter with the blue check-mark badge for no charge will have 90 days to subscribe to the new $20\/month Twitter Blue plan or have their verification revoked, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter Blue launched in mid-2021, offering various subscriber-only perks including the most recent addition of allowing users to edit tweets within a 30-minute window after posting them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk did not comment directly on the story but tweeted to his more than 110 million followers on Sunday that \u201cthe whole verification process is being revamped right now\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It remains unclear whether Twitter will change rules to make the verification process more strict or lenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are about 400,000 verified users on Twitter, as of 2021, but the programme has long been plagued with problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the reports, Twitter engineers are given a deadline to revamp the Twitter verification process or they will lose their jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report highlights that staff working on the new verification have to meet a deadline of November 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk has made several immediate changes at Twitter, including firing CEO Parag Agrawal and other top execs the day he closed the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Washington Post also reported that Musk was planning to lay off 25% of Twitter\u2019s 7,500 staff in a first round of job cuts at the San Francisco-based company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk has decided to charge Twitter users $20 (\u00a317.30) a month or $240 a year for a blue tick on their account, as the world\u2019s richest person prepares an overhaul of the social media platform. 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