Twitter's blue ticks disappear as Musk attacks NY Times

[Social Media]

The New York Times has lost its blue tick on Twitter after it said it would not pay to remain verified.

Twitter has started removing verification badges from accounts which already had a blue tick, after announcing they would be part of a paid subscription from 1 April.

The New York Times, along with several other organisations and celebrities, said they would not pay for the tick.

It prompted Elon Musk to launch a volley of insults at the newspaper.

"The real tragedy of @NYTimes is that their propaganda isn't even interesting", Mr Musk, who owns Twitter, wrote on the platform.

"Also, their feed is the Twitter equivalent of diarrhea. It's unreadable," he added.

[SunnyinBangrak]

Oh the sheer privilege, NYT having a tantrum because it lost the blue tick it felt entitled too. Would have been easier to just pay the $8. As we have repeatedly been told over the years, Twitter is a private company, if you don't like its terms and conditions you can stop using it. Simple.

[candide]

24 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Oh the sheer privilege, NYT having a tantrum because it lost the blue tick it felt entitled too. Would have been easier to just pay the $8. As we have repeatedly been told over the years, Twitter is a private company, if you don't like its terms and conditions you can stop using it. Simple.

You should read the news more carefully. It's Musk having a tantrum, not the NYT

[billd766]

1 hour ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Oh the sheer privilege, NYT having a tantrum because it lost the blue tick it felt entitled too. Would have been easier to just pay the $8. As we have repeatedly been told over the years, Twitter is a private company, if you don't like its terms and conditions you can stop using it. Simple.

Have you actually read the BBC link?

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65156216?xtor=AL-72-[partner]-[bbc.news.twitter]-[headline]-[news]-[bizdev]-[isapi]&at_link_origin=BBCWorld&at_link_id=492D7B9C-D179-11ED-9F1E-C6EC4744363C&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign_type=owned&at_format=link&at_link_type=web_link&at_medium=social&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_ptr_name=twitter

 

Quote "Organisations seeking verification badges instead have to pay a monthly fee of $1,000 (£810) to receive a gold verification tick, while individual accounts must pay $8 (£6.40) a month for a blue one."

 

The $8 is for individuals but the cost to Organisations is $1,000.

 

Do your research BEFORE you post your rubbish, as usual.

Edited April 3, 2023 by billd766
corrected some bad spelling

[stevenl]

6 hours ago, billd766 said:

Have you actually read the BBC link?

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65156216?xtor=AL-72-[partner]-[bbc.news.twitter]-[headline]-[news]-[bizdev]-[isapi]&at_link_origin=BBCWorld&at_link_id=492D7B9C-D179-11ED-9F1E-C6EC4744363C&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign_type=owned&at_format=link&at_link_type=web_link&at_medium=social&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_ptr_name=twitter

 

Quote "Organisations seeking verification badges instead have to pay a monthly fee of $1,000 (£810) to receive a gold verification tick, while individual accounts must pay $8 (£6.40) a month for a blue one."

 

The $8 is for individuals but the cost to Organisations is $1,000.

 

Do your research BEFORE you post your rubbish, as usual.

No chance that will happen.