Twitter’s new proprietor Elon Musk mentioned on Monday the social media firm is holding off the relaunch of its blue examine subscription service, a delay from his preliminary tentative timeline to convey again the service on the platform.
“Holding off relaunch of Blue Verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation,” Musk mentioned in a tweet.
“Will probably use different color check for organisations than individuals.”
The coveted blue examine mark was beforehand reserved for verified accounts of politicians, well-known personalities, journalists and different public figures.
However a subscription choice, open to anybody ready to pay, was rolled out earlier this month to assist Twitter develop income as Musk fights to retain advertisers.
Twitter had paused its just lately introduced $eight blue examine subscription service, as pretend accounts mushroomed and had mentioned Twitter’s sought-after blue examine subscription service shall be relaunched on Nov 29.
Musk additionally tweeted that Twitter added 1.6 million customers this previous week, “another all-time high”.
Advertisers on Twitter, together with large corporations equivalent to Common Motors, Mondelez Worldwide and Volkswagen AG, have paused promoting on the platform, as they grapple with the brand new boss.
A whole bunch of Twitter workers have additionally been estimated to have give up final week, following a Thursday deadline by Musk that staffers join “long hours at high intensity”, or depart.
