He said those who sign up for Twitter Blue should get an authentication mark, the ability to edit a tweet within 20 seconds of posting it, and no advertisements. “The power of corporations to dictate policy is greatly enhanced if Twitter depends on advertising money to survive,” Musk said in a tweet.
Twitter Blue, which was launched in June 2021, costs $3 a month and gives users access to exclusive features. It is currently available in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Musk also proposed that the price be cut to $2 a month “but paid 12 months up front”.
He also tweeted another poll on Sunday, asking users if the company’s San Francisco headquarters should be turned into a homeless shelter “since no one shows up anyway”. The poll received a whopping 572,815 votes in the first three hours.
These developments come days after Musk disclosed a 9.2% stake in Twitter and was appointed to Twitter’s board. Last week, he had even tweeted a poll about whether Twitter should introduce an edit button.
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The very next day Twitter said that it had been working on the feature for the past year and hadn’t been inspired to do so by Musk’s poll.
The social media platform said it would test the feature on Twitter Blue in the coming months. It said the test would help it “learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible”, so it may be a while before most Twitter users get an edit button, if they ever do.
