Musk is toying with charging some Twitter users a monthly fee.
A venture capitalist working with Musk tweeted a poll asking how much users would be willing to pay for the blue check mark that Twitter has historically used to verify higher-profile accounts so other users know it’s really them.Critics have derided the mark, often granted to celebrities, politicians, business leaders and journalists, as an elite status symbol.
Musk has invited a group of tech world friends and investors to help guide the San Francisco-based company’s transformation, which is likely to include a shakeup of its staff. Musk last week fired CEO Parag Agrawal and other top executives. There’s been uncertainty about if and when he could begin larger-scale layoffs.
on the platform.” And in the Twitter poll, he asked if users would pay between $5 and $15 to “be verified & get a blue check mark” on Twitter. Twitter is currently free for most users because it depends on advertising for its revenue.
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