That Twitter It has practically become a circus ever since Elon Musk took the reins is no secret. Every day we get up waiting to see what new idea the CEO of the firm has and with what turn of the wheel he surprises his users. Therefore, it is not surprising to have discovered that in the countless list of his arbitrary decisions, Musk is personally paying him the price. verified to three famous Who is it about and why is this?
The soap opera of the verified
As you well know, one of the first steps Elon Musk took was to change the verification method on Twitter. Until now it was a process that went through a verification of the company that verified -pun intended- that the account was relevant and belonged to a person who needed said distinction.
Not now. Verification has become a badge that you get for paying for Twitter Blue and is therefore out of the reach of anyone who is not subscribed to their plan. Those who have not gone through the hoop of paying -like the person who writes these lines- lost their verification yesterday, April 20, although it is a gradual process that could still take a few days to complete the cleaning.
While some users show quite disgusted with this decision, others have directly chosen to take this joke, resigned to a social network that is only a poor reflection of what it once was.
Three celebrities with verified courtesy of Musk
To add even more nonsense to all this and to show that Twitter is nothing more than the Tesla CEO’s playground, Elon has decided to pay you by verifying “personally” to three celebrities who complained precisely about the changes in the social network.
Is about Stephen King, William Shatner and LeBron James. The three expressed at some point their displeasure with some of the new dynamics of the platform and Musk responded by trying to calm the waters.
The writer was surprised that he had the verified without him having managed anything, months after it was complain openly about how expensive Twitter Blue was.
$20 a month to keep my blue check? Fuck that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 31, 2022
My Twitter account says I’ve subscribed to Twitter Blue. I haven’t.
My Twitter account says I’ve given a phone number. I haven’t.— Stephen King (@StephenKing) April 20, 2023
In Shatner’s case, his complaint was very similar, throwing him in the face to Musk that after 15 years keeping his account active, he had to pay for something that was previously free.
As for the basketball player, his criticism It came from the notable rise in racist expressions that took over the network, a complaint that he openly expressed to all his followers.
It seems that publicly complaining is rewarded in this social network, since in all cases, the CEO has given them the verification of their accounts without them having requested it or agreeing with the subscription price. Very surely it is all a trolling from Musk-don’t you like Blue? Well, have two cups.-, helping us to take this platform less seriously every day if possible.
