{"id":505910,"date":"2022-11-03T03:46:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T00:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/elon-musk-mocks-aocs-take-on-twitter-subscription-fee\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T03:46:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T00:46:16","slug":"elon-musk-mocks-aocs-take-on-twitter-subscription-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-mocks-aocs-take-on-twitter-subscription-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"#Elon Musk mocks AOC&#8217;s take on Twitter subscription fee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2885f8908fd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2885f8908fd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-mocks-aocs-take-on-twitter-subscription-fee\/#%E2%80%9CElon_Musk_mocks_AOCs_take_on_Twitter_subscription_fee%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Elon Musk mocks AOC&#8217;s take on Twitter subscription fee&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CElon_Musk_mocks_AOCs_take_on_Twitter_subscription_fee%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Elon Musk mocks AOC&#8217;s take on Twitter subscription fee&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Elon Musk shot back at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she criticized his decision to charge verified <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> users \u2014 telling her to \u201cpay\u201d up. <\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s comment directed at Ocasio-Cortez was his latest response to a long list of complaints from verified users over Twitter\u2019s new policy to institute an $8 a month fee for those on the social media platform with blue check marks. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that \u2018free speech\u2019 is actually a $8\/mo sub<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion plan,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour feedback is appreciated, now pay $8,\u201d Musk retorted in a short, but fiery tweet Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n<p>Twitter\u2019s new \u201cChief Twit\u201d \u2014 whose bio now reads \u201cTwitter Complaint Hotline Operator\u201d \u2014 later tweeted a screenshot of a sweatshirt from Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s merchandise line with the price of $58 circled alongside a thinking face emoji. <\/p>\n<p>The billionaire announced earlier Tuesday that Twitter will begin charging the fee for its \u201cTwitter Blue\u201d premium subscription service which will be expanded to offer more features including verification. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter\u2019s current lords &amp; peasants system for who has or doesn\u2019t have a blue checkmark is bulls\u2013t,\u201d Musk announced in a tweet. \u201cPower to the people! Blue for $8\/month.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your feedback is appreciated, now pay $8<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1587911540770222081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-mocks-aoc-208.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez \" class=\"wp-image-24506502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-mocks-aoc-208.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-mocks-aoc-208.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-mocks-aoc-208.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cLmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that \u2018free speech\u2019 is actually a $8\/mo subscription plan,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez bashed Musk Tuesday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-mocks-aoc-206.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Elon Musk\" class=\"wp-image-24506506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-mocks-aoc-206.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-mocks-aoc-206.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-mocks-aoc-206.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cYour feedback is appreciated, now pay $8,\u201d Musk shot back Wednesday evening. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The cost of the subscription will be adjusted per country and will include additional features like the ability to post long videos and audio; priority in replies, mentions and search; a paywall bypass for willing publications and half as many ads, the new Twitter owner and CEO said. <\/p>\n<p>Initial reports suggested Musk was contemplating charging subscribers a whopping $20 a month. The hefty price tag drew the ire of many verified users including famous author Stephen King. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c$20 a month to keep my blue check?\u201d King tweeted. \u201cF\u2013k that, they should pay me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that gets instituted, I\u2019m gone like Enron,\u201d the novelist added, referring to the infamous energy company that went belly up in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-mocks-aoc-210.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Twitter bird logo on side of building\" class=\"wp-image-24506518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-mocks-aoc-210.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-mocks-aoc-210.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/musk-mocks-aoc-210.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Musk announced earlier Tuesday that Twitter will begin charging $8 a month for its \u201cTwitter Blue\u201d premium subscription service. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk bargained with King in the replies, offering the lower price. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to pay the bills somehow!\u201d Musk wrote. \u201cTwitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, many with blue check marks were still disgruntled by the new cost. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo all complainers, please continue complaining, but it will cost $8,\u201d Musk said in another tweet Wednesday.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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