[madmanweb]

I have a blue tick on Twitter but there is no way in hell I'm paying $20 per month for it. I live in India and $240 per year is a fair chunk of money for people in many parts of Asia. It costs more than my software subscriptions. Only rich celebs will keep it. I guess Musk just doesn't care about the lower income countries out there.

[Nicksil]

>I guess Musk just doesn't care about the lower income countries out there.

Is this really a priority for the lower income countries out there?

[madmanweb]

Is what a priority? Keeping our blue ticks? Well, the purpose of the blue tick was originally to show that the person was someone of note and not a random anon user or impersonator, and to authenticate that. They had specific criteria to meet.

Journalists from lower income countries, for instance, are still journalists, but they don't usually make enough money to pay $240 per year to justify keeping that badge. You may not think it necessary. That's fine.

[joshschreuder]

Is Twitter Blue priced according to region currently? Perhaps the $20 is just the USD price and not the worldwide price? Though then I guess you leave it more open to fraud if it's cheaper elsewhere and you can get the blue tick by signing up cheap on a VPN.

[madmanweb]

As far as I know, Twitter Blue is not available in my region. The page says "We’ve launched Twitter Blue in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand." Clicking the "Try Twitter Blue" link on their site just redirects me to my home page.

[Markoff]

why do you need some blue tick next to your handle?

[watwut]

Journalists, especially political ones, gets impersonators. Usually with intention to harm you and your reputation. That is why, so that impersonator does not have blue check.