The Elon Musk Effect: Twitter has changed and people don’t like it
Elon Musk took the reins of Twitter in October of last year, and it’s been more than four months since Musk made major changes at the company, including firing senior management and entire teams from different countries. Musk assured that he would make Twitter a platform for free speech and give the platform the opportunity to earn more income.
He didn’t say exactly how the money-making part will play out, but over the past few months we’ve seen changes on Twitter and how Musk plans to run the company he bought for a massive $44 billion after a series of legal wrangles. in 2022. Here’s a look at how Twitter has changed since Musk took over last year.
I see tweets from everyone, literally
If you look at your Twitter feed these days, you’re probably wondering where the content comes from the people you actually follow. Twitter has added two new tabs For You and Following, and technically the For You tab should give you tweets from people you know or follow. It turns out that your feed is full of tweets from random people who are strangely being followed by people you follow. Well, if that statement sounds confusing, just look at your TL and you’ll see what we mean.
Twitter blue ticks for sale
Elon Musk has decided that having a blue (verified) badge on your Twitter account is worth the price. So now you have to pay the price to subscribe to the blue subscription which gives you the blue tick. Since its inception, Twitter has valued issuing verified credentials to accounts, but now you only need to pay $7 (roughly Rs. 560) or $11 (roughly Rs. 880) per month to get the account verified. We’ve already seen many celebrities complain about the lack of blue tick sharing and how easy it is for anyone to get an account verified for a clone account. You used to have to earn a blue tick, now it’s for sale to anyone.
No longer a reliable forum for information
When Twitter accounts are verified at a price, it makes you question the veracity of the information shared by the so-called verified accounts of famous celebrities. As mentioned above, Twitter needs a strict mechanism to give blue ticks, if not, Twitter will lose all the credibility it has built up over the years.
Twitter feed update but why
In recent days, you may have noticed that your Twitter feed refreshes before you can read the content. This has become an annoying issue for users who have even flagged Musk to complain and ask him to fix the mess immediately. It’s possible that Musk is trying to tweak Twitter’s performance for non-Blue users and get them to pay for the service, which also gives them an edit button, the ability to upload videos in 1080p quality, and a few other perks.
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