Elon Musk’s Twitter account shown on a phone screen and Twitter logo design showed on a laptop computer screen are seen in this illustration picture taken in Krakow, Poland on November 1, 2022.
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Twitter started presenting modifications to its platform for some users on Saturday in preparation for the launch of its revamped membership service Twitter Blue.
Updates laid out in the App Store validated that users will have the ability to purchase Twitter Blue and get a blue checkmark for $7.99 monthly. The updates are noted as readily available for users in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the UK and New Zealand, according to the description in the Apple online shop.
Esther Crawford, director of item management at the social networks business, stated in a series of tweets that the brand-new variation of the membership service isn’t readily available for everybody yet, however a “small early group” might see updates to the platform.
“The new Blue isn’t live yet — the sprint to our launch continues but some folks may see us making updates because we are testing and pushing changes in real-time,” she composed. “The Twitter team is legendary. New Blue… coming soon!”
Elon Musk, who ended up being the brand-new owner of Twitter onOct 28, has actually set out a series of concepts for a brand-new user confirmation procedure for Twitter, which he obtained for $44 billion.
In an earlier thread of tweets, Musk slammed the existing system, which gives a blue checkmark, or verification, to notable users like political leaders, members of journalism, executives and companies. Historically, the checkmark has actually let readers understand that the account is genuine. Other socials media, like Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, have comparable confirmation systems.
Musk stated he prepares to provide “power to the people” by providing confirmation to anybody on the platform through Twitter Blue for $8 a month. He stated customers will get top priority in points out, responds and search, get half as lots of advertisements and will have the ability to tweet long videos and audio.
Those modifications were validated Saturday in the upgraded App Store listing. The upgraded variation of the app likewise assured Blue members “a better reading experience” and “early access to select new features.”
Musk stated in a tweet Saturday that Twitter Blue will present worldwide once it is validated to be operating in the preliminary set of nations.
The modifications follow an earlier report from The Verge that stated the Musk was thinking about charging as much as $1999 monthly for the membership. Twitter staff members dealing with the task were apparently informed they had tillNov 7 to introduce the function, or danger being fired, according to the report.
Nov 8 is the date of midterm elections in the U.S.
