Elon Musk responds to criticism over new Twitter plan: 'Continue COMPLAINING, but it will cost you USD 8'

Elon Musk's new Twitter Plan: The Tesla CEO has announced that getting a “blue tick” on the microblogging site will now cost around USD 8 a month, triggering a backlash from netizens who expressed their disappointment over Musk`s decision.

Washington: Tesla CEO and Twitter`s new owner Elon Musk has responded to his critics complaining about the new plan to charge the verified users of the micro-blogging platform a monthly fee of USD 8, saying the plan will be implemented despite complaints. Musk has announced that getting a “blue tick” on the microblogging site will now cost around USD 8 a month, triggering a backlash from netizens who expressed their disappointment over Musk`s decision.

Musk`s plan to charge Twitter users to get a verified account quickly prompted outrage and disbelief among some longtime microblogging site users. However, the backlash did not bother Musk.

The Tesla boss took to Twitter and reaffirmed his stance on the matter at hand. "To all complainers, please continue complaining, but it will cost USD 8," he said in a tweet. "Totally stole the idea of charging for insults & arguments from Monty Python tbh," Musk later added.

To all complainers, please continue complaining, but it will cost $8

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2022

A day ago, Musk announced what amounted to a Twitter plus paid subscription service that will allow users to post long videos, audio and also combat "spam and scam."

"Twitter`s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn`t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for USD 8/month," he tweeted. The Twitter Blue subscription launched widely almost a year ago as a way to view ad-free articles from some publishers and make other tweaks to the app, such as a different colour home screen icon.

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

In April, Twitter accepted Musk`s proposal to buy and take the social media service private. However, Musk soon began sowing doubt about his intentions to follow through with the agreement, alleging that the company failed to adequately disclose the number of spam and fake accounts on the service. 

In July, in a surprising turn of events, Elon Musk who had long been showing his interest to buy Twitter terminated the deal. The Tesla CEO did so by alleging that Twitter violated their mutual purchase agreement by misrepresenting the number of spam and fake bot accounts on its platform.

After Musk put out the deal termination announcement, the market saw a sharp decline. Later, Twitter sued Musk accusing him of using bots as a pretext to exit a deal. Again, last week, Musk confirmed that he would move forward with the Twitter buyout at the originally agreed price of USD 54.20 per share.