Elon Musk to scrap a number of features for non-paying Twitter users
Twitter is set to look a lot different starting next month as Elon Musk scraps several features for non-paying users.
On Monday, Musk announced that only verified Twitter accounts would be eligible to vote in Twitter polls starting April 15.
The billionaire justified the change as the ‘only realistic way’ to address advanced AI bots from taking over Twitter.
Musk also said that only tweets from paid verified accounts would make it to Twitter’s For You tab, which displays a stream of tweets from accounts on Twitter.
‘Verified accounts’ in this context will mean accounts that are paying £8 a month for Twitter’s previously- coveted blue tick.
Interestingly, Musk clarified that it would be okay to pay for verified bot accounts if they follow the company’s terms of service and don’t impersonate a human.
Last week, the social media company announced on its official Twitter Verified account that it would start ‘winding down’ its legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks on April 1st.
The announcement comes as no surprise as scrapping people’s blue ticks for paid ones was one of the first changes that Elon Musk announced after he bought the company last year for $44 billion.
In November, Musk unveiled a new paid Twitter Blue subscription that would come with a verified blue check mark.
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