That feature doesn’t come cheap, though. On top of the $1,000 a month price for Verification for Organizations, you also have to pay $50 a month for each affiliated account. The price could add up fast.
Twitter offering at least part of that package for free to advertisers and organizations with a lot of followers could help keep the steep price hike in verification from affecting the Twitter community too much. People who use the service as a source of information want to know that it’s actually coming from a verified account, and it sounds like a lot of the major players won’t be losing their checkmarks, even if they don’t want to fork over $12,000 a year to Twitter.
Then that means twitter is going to give free verification to notable accounts 'again'
'Top 10,000 most followed companies' is funny term for 'Companies that can sue Twitter for impersonation'.
Lmao, then what's the difference between the old system and this new one? And it's based on the number of followers? Isn't this easy to manipulate? elonmusk
I’m starting to think Elon doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing.
“We heard the complaints, so we’re giving the richest companies on our site free stuff!”
This only with a full moon 🌕
1000$ per month?! Are you sure?
Let's look at how batshit stupid this is. $50/organization account is more than the entire office365 enterprise suite per user.
Huh, free verification for large accounts. What a strange, unheard of thought
This is… pathetic? The most followed accounts are probably the most wealthy ones.
Bahahah
Hey elonmusk what was thought behind this decision?
Lol Elon
Imagine paying 1000 bucks per month for some pixels on a screen , sounds like an nft to me somehow 🤔
so the rich companies (basically) get to not spend their billions of dollars, but ones that aren't popular have to spend money
Of course. Free speech right elonmusk?
Profile verifications on social media can create barriers for some users and contribute to a false sense of security. We must balance the benefits with the potential drawbacks to ensure a fair and safe online environment and free of BlueWillow_AI. 😅
This is great news. The top companies cannot afford this. It’s the small guys who can.
Let's give free stuff to those that have the most money. Thanks elon.
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer
And so it begins. Free verification to notable accounts.
hope u r not in them
1k for a checkmark? I didn't check the news lately but I didn't see this coming
By country or worldwide?
This is going to go down so badly lmfao. Elon is an absolute clown
Wait, this is NOT April fool's
Attention to the people of Earth let's all chip in 100$ each and sent Elon to Mars. It's high time he leaves. He doesn't have to return. So I hope 800 B $ will be enough to fund the pgm or let's pitch in 10$ each and buy Twitter.
Meaning = they said they weren’t going to pay for it 😆
Shouldn't it be the opposite?
CryptKeeperBTC April Fool's Day
nobody asked 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Might be cheaper to buy bot followers to qualify for this for some lmao 🤡
Twitter blue checkmarks are as irrelevant as the flatearthers and antivaccination who can now buy them. Now the mark of democratised incompitance.
What sense does that make? Lol
🤔
oh i get it: corporate socialism for the uber-wealthy but capitalism for the poor.
Makes no sense
Small businesses not so much…
Lol
🤣🤣 social Jawn will be free for everyone always and is required
The 10,000 most followed companies 98% decided to not bother paying in the first place.
The upside-down
It's literally the most followed accounts that wouldn't need a checkmark. A large enough follower count can itself be an indicator of official status. Watch Twitter start hiding follower counts...
ah yes, make the poor pay while the rich get for free.
that doesnt fucking make any sense lmfao
Any word for nonprofits? 🤨 Spending $1000 a month for many charities just isn't worth it - that money is far better used on children that need it.
That’s so crazy and counterintuitive
so the companies that are most likely to be able to afford it won’t have to pay? a very united states thing to do…
Arn't those the companies that need free checkmarks the least?
TOO BIG TO VERIFY
lol