Twitter CEO Elon Musk says that newly rolled-out affiliate badges can be “great” for reducing impersonation risks. Musk’s comment came as the T(w)itter Daily News pointed out that the feature can be seen for former US President Barack Obama’s account.
As the microblogging site is removing the legacy blue checkmarks, the company has introduced a number of new models to get checkmarks. With Twitter Blue and Gold check marks, the company has also introduced affiliate badges. These affiliate badges will appear alongside an account’s verified checkmark. The primary purpose of the badges is to point out the parent account of the user.
Replying to a Tweet which said that former US President Barak Obama got an affiliate badge on Twitter. Musk said, “This will be great for reducing impersonation risk.”
This will be great for reducing impersonation risk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 7, 2023
Twitter Blue subscription is priced at $8 per month for individual users, whereas in India it will cost around Rs 900 for mobile and Rs 650 for the web. For organisations, the ‘Verified for Organisations’ plan costs $1000 per month.
Twitter also introduced a gold check-mark for companies and brands and has shifted government accounts to a grey check-mark. A subscription to the social network’s new Twitter Verified Organizations program in the US will be the only way to keep a gold or grey check-mark badge. The subscription will cost $1,000 per month and $50 per month for each additional affiliate account.
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The deadline for businesses and individuals to pay for account verification checkmarks was April 1. Twitter will take away their blue check mark if they don’t comply. Some users’ accounts had blue checkmarks for several days already, but this is likely to change soon.
On the other hand, it is being reported that Twitter will now show 50 per cent of fewer ads to those who have a paid subscription.
“As you scroll, you will see approximately twice as many organic or non-promoted Tweets placed in between promoted Tweets or ads. There may be times when there are more or fewer non-promoted Tweets between promoted Tweets,” the company says.