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Subscription Costs for Twitter Blue Tick Owners Change, Price Drops to Rp125,000 per Month

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Dream - The latest news about special subscription costs for blue tick account owners on Twitter has resurfaced. This time, Twitter is reportedly lowering the subscription cost to US$8 or around Rp125,000.

The subscription cost applies if account owners with blue tick still want to maintain their status. This includes accounts that have a blue tick or have been verified.

Previously, there were reports that Twitter charged a subscription fee to verified account owners amounting to US$19.99 or around Rp312,000.

Quoted from the page BBC, Wednesday, November 2, 2022, Twitter's new CEO, Elon Musk, said the cost is a strategy to increase subscriptions and make Twitter less reliant on ads.

However, according to critics, this move actually makes it more difficult to identify trusted sources.

Musk added that subscribing users will be prioritized in replies and searches, and half of the ads count.

"Power to the users! Blue for $8/month," Musk said in his tweet.

Previously, Twitter had a method to verify blue tick users through an online application form. The form provided options for users to select identities such as celebrities, politicians, and journalists.

Twitter introduced this method in 2009, after facing legal action accusing it of not doing enough verification to prevent fraudulent accounts.

Now Musk faces a tough challenge to overhaul Twitter's business, which has not been profitable for years.

He said he wants to reduce Twitter's reliance on ads.

Meanwhile, several other major brands have quietly paused advertising on Twitter. Currently, they are waiting and seeing the changes made by Musk.

On Monday, one of the world's largest advertising companies, IPG, advised its clients to suspend ads on Twitter for a week. This is due to the need for further clarity about Twitter's plans to ensure trust and security on its platform.

Meanwhile, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is reportedly about to launch a public beta version of his new social media network, Bluesky.

Dorsey left Twitter in 2021. Now, Twitter is officially owned by SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who bought it for US$44 billion or around Rp687 trillion.

Dorsey revealed that the Bluesky app is now preparing for testing. The app already has a waiting list of users who want to try the beta version.

It is not clear what Bluesky will be like or how it will function, but it is rumored to be a competitor to Twitter.

Bluesky is touted as an essential element of a revolutionary "federated social network" that integrates ideas from the latest "decentralized technology into a simple, fast, and open network."

Thus, it will be a social network managed by various sites.

Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.
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