Elon Musk will let you pay $8 to be a verified ‘lord’ on Twitter

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Elon Musk has announced that a new version of Twitter Blue will include some sort of verification accessible for $8 per month in the US, with the price adjusted by country proportionate to purchasing power parity." He announced the shake-up of the premium service by saying that Twitter's current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn't have a blue checkmark is bullshit."

Musk also says that the service will get you:

• Priority in replies, mentions, and search, which Musk argues is essential to defeat spam/scam"
• Ability to post long video and audio
• Half as many ads
• And paywall bypass for publishers willing to work with us"

@ElonMusk Musks tweets on Tuesday announcing the new Blue system.

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