Elon Musk Confirms Plan To Charge For Blue Checkmark, But Pitches Lower Price To Stephen King

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Elon Musk confirmed that Twitter has plans to charge verified users for their blue checkmarks, amid vows by a series of prominent users that they won’t pay for the status.

Author Stephen King, responding to reports of the plans, wrote on Twitter, “$20 a month to keep my blue check? Fuck that, they should pay me.

If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.” Musk responded, “We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers.

How about $8?” As other users noted, King’s gripe is not over the sum, but the idea of paying for something that was once offered for free.

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