In one of their recent meetings with Musk’s advisor, David Sachs, they discussed the possibility of offering a paid subscription to access Twitter. It is possible to impose a monthly limit on the free use of the social network, after exceeding which users will be offered a paid subscription.

The source states that at this stage, the final decision on this issue has not been made yet, so it is still early to say that access to Twitter will definitely become paid. Official representatives of Twitter have not yet commented on this issue.

New verification mark and other labels

Esther Crawford, responsible for Twitter’s pilot products, announced this week that the social network’s new verification system will divide accounts into three types. Some will be marked as Official, others will receive a “blue check” thanks to a paid subscription to Twitter Blue, and others will remain unconfirmed. At the same time, Twitter Blue subscribers will not need to submit any documents to receive a verification checkmark, in fact, only a confirmation token that the account has a paid subscription.

Some of the already verified accounts of the social network will receive the Official tag at no additional cost and without the need to register, but this opportunity will mainly be given to government organizations, officials, political figures and mass media and others. public figures.

It will be impossible to buy the right to use the official label, but is the person who will confirm the identity of the account holder (the blue tick will perform its function). According to unofficial data, such an option was invented precisely in order to identify officials around the world who do not regularly pay to verify their identity on Twitter, but at the same time are expected to maintain public status on their page. social network.

Let us remind you of the agreement regarding Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. $44 billion It was closed on October 27. Immediately after that, a lot of news began to come about future changes in the company’s work. The media wrote about the increase in Twitter Blue subscription fees from $5 to $20 per month. Musk himself announced his intention to introduce an $8 per month fee for the account verification token on the social network. In addition, at the end of last week, it was announced that the company’s staff would be cut by about 50%.