Last minute developments continue to occur on Twitter, which started the paid blue tick period. As you know, the social media platform added the blue tick, known as the blue account verification badge, into the Twitter Blue subscription, just as its new owner Elon Musk planned, and started selling it for $ 7.99 per month via the iOS app in some countries. This system was received positively by many users, but some users did not find it positive. But the US media passed the news of a flash development today.
CHARGED BLUE TIC PAUSED!
According to that report by CNBC, Twitter was seen pausing its Twitter Blue subscription service, which costs $7.99 per month, which allows users to pay for a verification checkmark. It was noteworthy that this step came after the new service was abused to impersonate brands and celebrities.
The report drew attention to today, and it was reported that the Phone app no longer shows the option to sign up for Twitter Blue.
Literally like an hour ago you could still sign up for Twitter Blue and now it’s gone. Great feature while it lasted though it was the Chiquita tweets that did it for me pic.twitter.com/II2mIJA8Df
— Evan Greer is on Mastodon (@evan_greer) November 11, 2022
THE BLUE TICKS ARE LOST!
In addition, it was stated that some users who paid for the service said that their paid blue ticks had disappeared from their accounts.
NEW: The Twitter Blue subscription is apparently no longer available in the app. Additionally, some users who paid for the subscription are reporting that their blue checkmark is gone.
Make of that what you will. ?????????♂️
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) November 11, 2022
Also, the quick suspension of the service has been interpreted as showing that Musk’s grand plan to generate new revenue from users is not working as planned, at least at the moment.
There has been no comment from Twitter yet.
THE FAKE GEORGE BUSH HAS TURNED UP
The paid subscription service led many people to create fake accounts on Twitter. For example, a fake account bearing the name of George W. Bush tweeted “I miss killing Iraqis” and there was a great reaction to this situation.