After ensuring that certification would now be subject to a monthly payment, is Twitter about to back down? Since his takeover of the social network, Elon Musk has been promoting an $8 subscription. This offer is listed as the only way to earn a verification badge on the platform.
But it also sparked an outcry from certified users, including Stephen King. “They should be paying me”, the writer had launched before 6.9 million subscribers, refusing to pay to keep the badge that indicates that he is indeed Stephen King, and not a usurper.
No ultimatum for already verified accounts
Then Twitter could back down, as an internal document shows. Resuming a question and answer session with employees, this note gives marketers arguments to seduce advertisers and convince them to stay on Twitter to promote their products.
Beyond the sales pitches, the document seen by Alex Health, a journalist for The Verge, mentions that people who have already obtained their certification would not be required to subscribe to a subscription to maintain it.
Thus, users who already benefit from a certification will not be subject to the ultimatum given by Elon Musk: pay for their credential or lose it. However, this information does not seem engraved in stone since the wishes of the new owner are changeable and submissive. to the whims of each other’s publications.
Source: BFM TV
