It was one of his first actions as owner of Twitter: Elon Musk asked his team of engineers to reinvent the blue popcorn account verification system in the social network. But things did not turn out as he expected. His idea of charging $20 a month so someone could earn and keep the badge that … Read more
Elon Musk confirmed today that the reintroduction of the “Blue Verified” badge on Twitter, which was expected on November 29, will be temporarily discontinued. Adopting the badge, which costs $8, was one of Elon Musk’s most controversial decisions since he took over the social network last month. After the service launched, numerous parody accounts that … Read more
Pepsi saying that Coca-Cola is better, Nestlé revealing that it steals water and sells it more expensive, Nintendo publishing an obscene photo of Mario, Tesla boasting that it has “the most explosive cars on the market”… What is happening in twitter? Since the arrival of Elon Musk, nothing is normal” on the social network, and … Read more
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably noticed that Twitter’s badge system is pretty much useless now, since in the majority of cases it’ll just be used to let other people know about your Twitter Blue subscription. This new formula was launched earlier this month, offering Twitter users the option to pay $8 a month … Read more
20221111_191829.jpg The “blue tick” verification for Twitter caused a 20% drop in the shares of a pharmaceutical company due to a false account that Elon Musk’s company had taken for granted When the general public found out and believed that the source of that information was true and came from the company “Eli Lily” itself, … Read more
The pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has plummeted more than 4% on the stock market this Friday after announcing on Twitter that insulin was becoming free. Only it wasn’t Eli Lilly. It was an account with that name verified by Twitter with the blue mark that it now grants those who pay $7.99 a month. The … Read more
Twitter returned the “official” badge to some accounts, just a few days after removing it, while several users reported that the new subscription option for the blue checkmark had disappeared. The move follows a rise in fake accounts on the platform after new CEO Elon Musk allow users to pay $8 for the coveted blue … Read more
Following changes announced by Elon Musk to encourage Twitter subscriptions, fake accounts from several big brands with the blue check have appeared, including Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX, as well as Roblox, Nestlé and even Jesus Christ, which is a parody account. Twitter returned the “official” badge to some accounts, just a few days after removing … Read more
New verification badge on Twitter will not be offered as part of any service within the social network. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File After closing the purchase Twitter for an approximate amount of 44 billion dollars, Elon Musk not only did it make the decision to change the structure of the company by laying off the top managers, … Read more