Elon Musk’s decision to charge $8 per month to keep the blue tick on Twitter profiles has caused many users to get outraged.
Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal cancels his plans of booking a Tesla after his Twitter account lost the blue tick. Elon Musk, after purchasing Twitter, has gone on to make some questionable decisions including removing the blue tick from all accounts and asking for an $8 per month subscription charge to get it back. This has caused some aggressive reactions from the celebrities who are mostly the ones with the blue tick until now. Here’s what Anupam Mittal has to say about this.
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Anupam tweeted from his official account, “Am cancelling my planned purchase of a Tesla … ticked off”. This came after his account was left with no blue tick. Needless to say, this was met with hilarious and honest responses from other Twitter users. One person said, “You should make another Twitter in India because having Huge Audiences there.” Another commented, “You can pay for @Tesla but you can’t pay 560 bucks for @TwitterBlue. Honestly, you don’t deserve one.”
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There were some other users who pointed out that Anupam Mittal’s Shaadi.com has a similar business model where one can get a premium account by paying an additional fee. Therefore, when Elon Musk is doing the same thing, how can that be an issue. He is a businessman as well. This user wrote, “Isn’t it hypocrisy? One who charges premium on@ShaadiDotCom for the same concept but throws tantrum for $8 per month while being a consumer of other platforms.”
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Whatever the case may be, we think that since Elon Musk has bought Twitter, he has the right to do anything he wants. Being a businessman, it is understandable why he has levied this fee. As a result, however, there are many eminent personalities, both in India and abroad, who don’t have the blue tick against their names. It would be interesting to see how they react to this in times to come.
