After acquiring Twitter, Elon Musk made many changes to the platform. One of these changes was the blue tick application. After this feature, which is the focus of criticism, Musk has recently frozen this application. According to new information, the CEO is bringing back the Twitter badge sale.
Badges in different colors are coming to Twitter
Elon Musk is making interesting changes within the said Twitter. The blue tick application, which is within the scope of these changes, has also been at the center of criticism since its first release. Making an announcement on Twitter in the past days, Musk said that he postponed the sale of the Twitter Blue approval badge, which was planned to start on November 29.
Sorry for the delay, we’re tentatively launching Verified on Friday next week.
Gold check for companies, grey check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not) and all verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates.
Painful, but necessary.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2022
Musk announced today that this application will come again. Due to the problems that occurred, Elon Musk lost a significant amount of advertising revenue. He said that they can make approval badges in different colors to prevent this and to protect companies.
With the new era that will begin, Musk confirmed that there will be badges in different colors. According to the CEO, there will be a gold badge for companies, a gray badge for government agencies, and a blue badge for individuals, whether they are famous or not.
According to Musk’s statement, verified accounts will be manually verified before the new badge system starts. For this situation, the CEO said it was ‘painful but necessary’. The endorsement badge will go on sale for $8 per month. This service, which was previously stopped due to the increase in fake accounts, will be opened from next week.
However, Musk said that closed Twitter accounts will be opened from next week. The CEO, who started a poll on Wednesday, asked if he would bring a general amnesty to suspended accounts. Thereupon, 72.4 percent of the 3.1 million people who participated in the survey answered yes. 27.6 percent voted no.
So, what do you think about the Twitter badge application? Do not forget to share your views with us in the comments section!
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