Since the first hour of this February 3, Twitter users have seen how in their application of the social network, both on the web and on mobile devices, the option to activate Twitter Bluethe system designed by Elon Musk to pay for account verification.
There are, at least initially, two ways to subscribe: a monthly plan for 8 euros (which costs 96 per year) or annually, with a single payment of 84 euros that allows you to save 12% (comes to 7 euros a month).
The first consequence of the entry into force of this system is that the current ones verified with the check azul (excluding those of silver and goldwhich are automatically given to relevant media profiles or political and social personalities) will lose their status until they subscribe to Twitter Blue.
“To minimize confusion and promote integrity on the platform, changes to your profile picture, display name, or username (@Username) will result in a temporary loss of the blue check mark until your account is validated because it continues to meet the requirements. No further changes to your profile picture, display name or username will be allowed during this verification period.” they explain from the social network.
What benefits does Twitter Blue provide?
Once the payment is completed and the system approves the paid verification, the user will have a series of added advantages over those who do not have it, regardless of the number of followers:
Edit tweets up to 5 times within 30 minutes.
Set the profile picture with a user-owned NFT.
Longer videos in 1080p (Full HD) quality.
Early access to certain new features with Twitter Blue Labs.
These are the first features, but others will be added later, such as verified tweets appearing “at the top of replies, mentions and searches”, which will help “fight fraud and spam”. In addition, they will also see “50% fewer ads on the home timeline”.