Elon Musk: Elon Musk defended his contentious wage structure for Twitter on Friday, asserting that any social media site that didn’t adopt it would perish due to a bot invasion. On the eve of Twitter’s April 1 ultimatum that verified accounts with the prized blue tick that had not paid up would lose it, Musk made his forecast.
Elon Musk Prediction
“The fundamental challenge here is that it’s (easy) to create literally 10,000 or 100,000 fake Twitter accounts using just one computer at home and with modern AI (artificial intelligence),” Musk told a question and answer session on Twitter. “That’s the reason for really pressing hard on verified where the verified requires a number from a reputable phone carrier and a credit card,” Musk said.
“My prediction is that any so-called social media network that doesn’t do this will fail,” Musk said.
The Twitter Blue membership plan is available in the US for $8 per month
Companies, journalists, and celebrities who relied on the blue tick for credibility and used Twitter as their primary communication route are under pressure as a result of the system change. Also, it boosts the possibility of fraudsters and practical jokers paying for an officially verified but completely phoney account. The Twitter Blue membership plan is available in the US for $8 per month, $84 per year, or $11 per month if purchased through Apple’s app store. Since the platform’s inception in 2009, the blue tick or checkmark has become a recognizable feature that has assisted in making it a reliable arena for newsmakers and activists.
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Elon Musk’s First Move after buying Twitter
The blue check, according to Musk and his supporters, was decided by fiat in a covert process and is a representation of an unfair class system. One of Musk’s first moves after buying Twitter last year was to make the blue tick available to paid customers, but his revamp backfired. Within hours, Twitter was inundated with phoney but legitimate accounts pretending to be famous people, well-known brands, and even Elon Musk. Musk quickly reversed course, but many advertisers left the platform, depriving Twitter of a significant source of revenue that the CEO is currently working to replace. For the time being, blue checks of famous people, such as Justin Bieber with 113 million followers or player Cristiano Ronaldo with 108 million, are labelled as “legacy” profiles on the website.
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Human Rights Watch’s European Media Director said his organisation will not pay for the privilege
Officials, charities, and news media organisations are also involved in the verified account mystery. The White House, which will maintain a special status as a government institution, has already informed staff members that it will not pay to maintain the blue tick on their staff members’ official Twitter profiles, according to Axios. Under Musk’s new system, news media organisations, businesses, and charities have already lost their blue ticks and been labelled as verified business accounts. They cost a whopping $1,000 per month in the United States and $50 for each new affiliated account, according to Twitter’s website. Human Rights Watch’s European Media Director Andrew Stroehlein said his organisation will not pay for the privilege, calling it “This will be awful for those who can’t afford the new fees.”
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