The topic of the moment on the blue bird network in Brazil is “60 reais”, a reference to the amount paid by users to have the infamous blue seal that Elon Musk created for Twitter via cell phone.
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Until 20pm this Wednesday (8), there were 2.550 tweets, the vast majority with heavy criticism and even a tone of revolt against taxation.
In the desktop version the price is a little lower: R$42 per month. Practically the monthly fee for one of those “modern” network gyms…
The crying was general and makes sense: in Brazil, the minimum wage is R$1320, the basic food basket in the capitals reaches, on average, R$ 750,74 – in addition to the fact that a large part of the population’s income comes from informal work.
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You can understand why the revolt of users who see Twitter as a tool to boost business/commerce or even to make a living off the internet, as an influencer.
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Since 19pm this Wednesday (8), users have also reported difficulties publishing tweets, with one response: “You have exceeded the daily limit for sending Tweets”.
Another problem reported on the networks was sending DMs (direct private messages) to other users.
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Why this story about paying?
Like a good capitalist billionaire, Elon Musk wants to profit from the platform 🤑. And to get this money, it created differentiations in the accounts, in other words: those who pay have better quality of service.
But, is it worth subscribing?
If you want to have the check stamp – which was free and used to be acquired by large companies, government bodies, media entities, artists and public figures – the answer is yes.
With the famous blue check, the promeThis is to make your Twitter account more “turbocharged: it becomes more prominent – that is, more people will see it – it will appear in searches and will have more mentions.
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Other advantages
There is a promess that subscribers to the service, in the future (it is not yet clear when that would be) will be exposed to fewer ads on their timeline 🤔. The burning question: how will you know that you are consuming less advertising?
Those who pay for verification will also have access to an exclusive tweet editing service, exclusive app icon, NFT images on the profile and the possibility of being able to post longer videos in a higher resolution than the current one.
And there? Will you sign?
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