CALIFORNIA: Tech giant and owner of social media platform X, Elon Musk Thursday announced that X will no longer charge accounts for certain premium features on X as long as they meet certain conditions.
Taking on X, Elon Musk said that accounts with 2,500 verified subscribers as followers will no longer need to pay for Premium features on X. Moreover, accounts with over 5,000 followers will get Premium+ for free.
He tweeted, “Going forward, all accounts with over 2500 verified subscriber followers will get Premium features for free and accounts with over 5000 will get Premium+ for free.”
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On X, formerly known as Twitter, users gradually unlock more features within the X platforms with paid memberships to three tiers of premium services — Basic, Premium, and Premium+.
However, scammers can simply pose as well-known personalities and trick their followers into falling for different schemes due to Twitter’s option to buy verification.
Elon Musk launched the paid verification mechanism on X, formerly known as “Twitter Blue,” in an effort to combat spammers and scammers who were using the network extensively before his takeover.