The platform removed a new “official” verification mark hours following its launch, different from the blue mark displayed by paid subscribers.
Elon Musk said that Twitter will soon do “a lot of dumb things,” following the platform removed a newly created “official” account verification mark other than the blue mark that paying subscribers have.
These new gray checkmarks appeared on some profiles on Wednesday, a day following Twitter product executive Esther Crawford announcedwhich will be used for differentiate the main public accounts from the accounts of paid subscribers.
Two hours following tech influencer Marques Brownlee noticed this gray mark on his profile, published an update that said: “It is now gone.” Musk I replied to this message stating: «He just killed her«.
“Please note that Twitter will do a lot of stupid things in the coming months. We will keep what works and change what doesn’t,” the tycoon tweeted.
“Elon is willing to try many things: many will fail, others will succeed,” he commented later Crawford.
Since the billionaire bought Twitter for $44 billion last month and declared his intention to serve as the company’s CEO, Musk has made a series of changes to the platform, which has lost a large amount of revenue due to a leak of advertisers.
In this context, to try to reduce costs, the businessman announced massive layoffs and eliminated extra rest days for those who keep their jobs. Additionally, he promised to liberalize the social network’s editorial policy, which has received harsh criticism for its censorship, as well as rethink the approach to content moderation or permanent bans.
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