Twitter Blue costs $8 a month for priority in replies and search, longer videos, fewer ads, and a blue checkmark. Critics argue charging for verification betrays Twitter's mission to democratize news and mainly benefits rich users, turning verification into a class-based perk.
People are gonna have to pay $8 a month for Twitter Blue. Twitter Blue is going to get you priority in replies, mentions, and search, the ability to post long video and audio, half as many ads. You'll be able to get publishers' content for free, and you'll get the blue checkmark.
I mean, the whole idea is to democratize everybody's ability to weigh in on things, to access news. And now we're saying that because there's a few people who have blue checkmarks, which Actually helps differentiate people who may be more well-known or people that you wanna follow when you look through your feed. Maybe that's a service to the end user who's not paying for it, but now you're making everybody pay for it, which seems like really something that only serves the bourgeoisie.
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