Twitter Blue was launched in July 2021 and is the site’s first subscription service, currently available in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The service, which costs $ 2.99 (30 2.30) a month, gives users a 30-second editing feature for reviewing tweets, the ability to add bookmarks to folders, and a “read mode” for spinning large threads. . But now the Tesla founder, a few days after revealing a 9.2% stake in Twitter, has proposed several changes, including lowering the price and allowing users to play with dogecoin and local currency. Users should also be given a check mark similar to a blue verification mark, he said. “It simply came to our notice then [less than] “$ 2 / month, but paid 12 months in advance and the account does not receive a check mark for 60 days (watch credit card debit reversals) and is suspended without refund if used for fraudulent / spam mail,” Musk wrote on Twitter. “And not ads,” Musk suggested. “The power of companies to dictate policy is greatly enhanced if Twitter depends on advertising money to survive.” Twitter declined to comment on his proposals. Musk also launched a poll on his Twitter account – which has more than 81 million followers – asking if the company’s San Francisco headquarters should be turned into a homeless shelter, as “no one shows up (to work there).” “. The poll received more than 300,000 votes in an hour, with 90% answering “yes”. Read more: Twitter confirms it is working on an edit feature Image: Elon Musk has already asked Twitter users if they wanted an edit button After revealing his nearly $ 3 billion (£ 2.3 billion) stake, Musk was offered a seat on the company’s board, a move that has worried Twitter employees. Several officials who spoke to Reuters said Musk’s views on moderation could weaken long-standing efforts to make Twitter a place for healthy speech and could allow troll and mob attacks to flourish. In the wake of Donald Trump banning Facebook and Twitter, the billionaire wrote on Twitter that many people would be unhappy with US tech companies acting “as the de facto arbiter of free speech.”
