When you’ve been following the Twitter saga since Musk took over as CEO, you’ll know that issues had been fairly chaotic at HQ. Not solely was it the large purge of Twitter workers, however when Twitter Blue re-launched, it allowed any person to pay $8/month for a verified checkmark subsequent to any profile title. This resulted in abuse the place accounts posed as public figures, celebrities, and corporations and tweeted from these accounts and prompted Twitter to drag the plug on Blue briefly.
we’re relaunching @TwitterBlue on Monday – subscribe on internet for $8/month or on iOS for $11/month to get entry to subscriber-only options, together with the blue checkmark 🧵 pic.twitter.com/DvvsLoSO50
— Twitter (@Twitter) December 10, 2022
Over the weekend, Twitter Blue relaunched with the added capacity to make Tweets with as much as 4,000 characters, replies to Tweets shall be prioritized, and customers will see half as many advertisements. Shortly after going reside, Twitter’s phrases had been up to date to replicate {that a} verified telephone quantity is required for Twitter Blue. When you’re not but a Blue subscriber and haven’t but verified a telephone quantity, you’ll be prompted to signal confirm a quantity once you proceed to enroll.
Twitter accounts that haven’t been lively throughout the final 30 days or which have modified their profile picture, show title, or username throughout the earlier seven days may be unable to enroll. Subscribers can even want a verified telephone quantity.
Those that join Twitter Blue will instantly get all of the Blue advantages like modifying Tweets and longer movies (plus all the things talked about above) however is not going to see the checkmark straight away. Musk confirmed final month that each one Blue accounts are going to be manually verified. Twitter Blue will value $8/month once you subscribe through Net or $11/month when signing up through iOS to account for Apple’s App Retailer tax.
