The Tesla owner Elon Musk is also the new owner of the micro-blogging site Twitter and after taking over the company, he has taken some big steps such as firing the CEO Parag Agrawal, CTO Ned Segal and legal chief Vijaya Gadde. Later on, Elon Musk also talked about the complex work structure of the firm and hinted that he would be doing some major restructuring in the organization.
The first tweet of Elon Musk after taking over Twitter read, “The bird is freed”
the bird is freed
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2022
Recently, it has been announced that Twitter will be charging fees from the verified Twitter users for keeping their blue tick and this hasn’t gone well with many Twitter users who are having the blue tick.
The famous American author Stephen King was also not happy with this announcement and soon he expressed himself with a tweet which read, “$20 a month to keep my blue check? F@#k that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.”
$20 a month to keep my blue check? Fuck that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 31, 2022
Soon Elon Musk responded to his tweet and tried to negotiate with him by bringing down the fees to $8 per month instead of $20. He wrote, “We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?”
We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022
In his next tweet, Elon Musk also talked about the reason behind this decision as he tweeted, “I will explain the rationale in longer form before this is implemented. It is the only way to defeat the bots & trolls.”
I will explain the rationale in longer form before this is implemented. It is the only way to defeat the bots & trolls.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022
The conversation between Stephen King and Elon Musk served as fodder to the creative meme makers and soon Twitter was flooded with memes and jokes. Here are some selected ones:
#1
Bhaia Sarojini mein $2 mein mil jaata hai…dhang se lagao. https://t.co/fqiVCrHlbn
— Kabir Taneja (@KabirTaneja) November 1, 2022
#2
— X-Axis (@yousufuddin_) November 2, 2022
#3
Annually. pic.twitter.com/EpLATr1SG1
— Garima (@j_garima_j) November 1, 2022
#4
Parody accounts rn: pic.twitter.com/ULooaNN6PV
— Dr Nimo Yadav (@niiravmodi) November 2, 2022
#5
मामला पूरा पालिका बाजार स्टाइल में हैंडल किया जा रहा है. pic.twitter.com/jNqYrDFLUe
— Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) November 1, 2022
#6
Blue tick Wale India pic.twitter.com/59jF9kShol
— शरव्य ✖️ 🪙 (@not_so_decent) November 2, 2022
#7
Waiting for "chal na tera na mera" "itne par final karte hain" 🤣🤣
— Ms.पॉजिटिविटी 🇮🇳 (@No__negativtyxd) November 1, 2022
#8
Elon Musk – For blue tick you will have to pay $8 (Rs 700) per month
Indian Moms –#Twitter #blueTick pic.twitter.com/rmJQWRKvVQ
— TauTumhare (@TauTumhare) November 2, 2022
#9
Making #blueTick paid is the full proof business plan of getting $44 billion dollar back from twitter users in few months 😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂#ELONMUSK #ElonMuskTakesTwitter pic.twitter.com/eeCv2Lxz8K
— Priya Banubakode ✨ (@PriyaBanubakode) November 1, 2022
#10
Elon Seth ji, shulabh shauchalaya type banane ki planning ho rahi ye toh Twitter ko 😭
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹 (@RoflGandhi_) November 1, 2022
#11
Elon when he realises he’s going to have to pay $8 per month for his #blueTick pic.twitter.com/J19iIbuZwi
— MB (@bowx_) November 1, 2022
#12
— JRR Jokien (@joshcarlosjosh) November 1, 2022
#13
चल 16 पे नक्की कर, ना तेरा ना मेरा, just take it and go
— Sea farer (@World_neptuner) November 1, 2022
#14
— stonks (@Binzbit) November 2, 2022
#15
Elon Musk decided to charge $20 For Blue tick.#Elonmusk #bluetick pic.twitter.com/vsnhq7IfJ7
— Neha Pal | Digital Marketing (@vpromotesu) November 1, 2022
While many other Twitter users have also complained in this regard, Elon Musk has made it clear that $8 will be charged as monthly fee, here is what he tweeted, “To all complainers, please continue complaining, but it will cost $8”.
To all complainers, please continue complaining, but it will cost $8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022
In another tweet, he wrote,
“Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit.
Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.”
Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit.
Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022
What do you think of this new development which is taking place in Twitterverse? Do let us know.
