Elon Musk, owner since the end of October of the social network Twitter, announced its decision to postpone the platform’s paid verification program until November 29.
“We postpone the release of ‘Blue Verified’ until November 29. to make sure it’s rock solid,” reported the South African tycoon in a message on Twitter reproduced by the Europa Press news agency
Musk’s decision comes after several days in which users of the social network who had chosen to pay $7.99 per month They had indicated that they could not access the functions of the payment method called ‘Twitter Blue’.
The new payment model proposed by the billionaire It would have been suspended after allowing countless users to acquire verification to impersonate entities of recognized prestige, damaging the reputation of companies or public figures.
As it was doing until it stopped working, ‘Twitter Blue’ includes additional features which only your subscribers can access.
Between them, that of customizing the icon of the ‘app’ itself and the theme of your account, activating Reading Mode or creating folders of saved items from the Profile, as well as early access to functions under test, such as editing tweets.
Punting relaunch of Blue Verified to November 29th to make sure that it is rock solid
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 15, 2022
The subscription also offers fewer ads.
While, one of the main changes is the meaning of the blue check mark. The badge no longer only referred to accounts verified as “active, notable and authentic”, but also indicated that the account had an active subscription to ‘Twitter Blue’, as the company explains on the page dedicated to the subscription.
