![]() ![]() Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account There shouldn’t be a different standard for celebrities.” Musk responded to Shatner on Sunday in a tweet: “It’s more about treating everyone equally. Now you’re telling me that I have to pay for something you gave me for free?” “I’ve been here for 15 years giving my time & witty thoughts all for bupkis. “Hey what’s this about blue checks going away unless we pay Twitter?” Shatner tweeted. Musk and actor William Shatner clashed on Twitter over the weekend, when Shatner objected to the idea of paying for the checkmark. Last week, Musk announced that users who have had a free blue checkmark – typically government officials, celebrities, members of the media and other high profile users – would lose that free verification starting in April unless they agree to pay a subscription fee – either $84 annually or $8 a month. A significant portion of Twitter’s ad base has left the platform since Musk took over in October. It is part of Musk’s plans to shift Twitter away from being almost completely dependent on advertising dollars for its revenue. Musk frequently posts his own polls on Twitter, asking users everything from whether he should give up his position as CEO of the platform to whether he should sell shares of TeslaĪlthough Musk said Twitter is making the change to battle with bot accounts, he later tweeted “That said, it’s ok to have verified bot accounts if they follow terms of service & don’t impersonate a human.” Voting in polls doesn’t benefit users in the same way, but blocking them from voting may prompt some to sign up for the paid service. In the five months since Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter, he and the company have been forced to rethink, clarify, delay or walk back a number of changes to the platform, prompting some confusion and whiplash among users in the process.Īppearing in the “For You” feed helps users build their number of followers. ![]() Elon Musk says too badīut on Tuesday, Musk tweeted a clarification: “Forgot to mention that accounts you follow directly will also be in For You, since you have explicitly asked for them.” Oops. William Shatner is mad he may have to pay to keep his blue Twitter checkmark. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/Chris Carrasquillo/Variety/Getty Images ![]()
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