Elon Musk wants at all costs that users Twitter Subscribe Twitter Blue and announced a number of service improvements effective April 15th.
Starting this Saturday, users who pay $8 a month (or $11 if they subscribe with iOS) will be the only ones to show up in the For You recommendations section, the place where public faces on the platform used to appear.
increased visibility
Tweets from users marked with a blue checkmark will be the only ones to appear on this wall, in order, in Musk’s own words, to combat the problem of “AI-powered bot swarms.”
If this move doesn’t materialize, “it’s a lost battle,” claims CEO Twitter.
For the same reason, another change introduced on April 15 is that only verified accounts will be able to vote in polls, which have become more important to Musk to make further changes to the social network.
All these changes will be added to those already known from the subscription, for example, the ability to publish tweets up to 4 thousand characters, edit tweets and much more.
sudden changes
But from April 1, there will be a more immediate change: all users with the old blue checkmark (relevant by popularity, celebrities, etc.) who have not paid for a subscription will lose this “legacy” benefit.
Musk has often expressed concern about the number of fake or spam accounts on Twitter. At one point, he shelved his $44 billion plan to buy a social media platform, asking about the number of bots the company’s previous management had uncovered.
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