Want to Keep Your Blue Check on Twitter? It Could Soon Cost You | The Mehdi Hasan Show

There’s been an onslaught of Twitter news in recent days under new owner Elon Musk. But part of his business proposal for the platform — a $20/month fee for users to stay verified — is raising a lot of eyebrows. NBC News senior reporter Ben Collins joins Mehdi to discuss Musk’s controversial business plans for the social media site.

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[joefrisco]

I never found a reason to use Twitter. I really do not care for 40, 80, 120 or whatever, character opinions. Twitter is a hole in the ground that leads no where.

[sassouusasoo]

They make it seem like Twitter is a necessity. It's an app, yall. I deleted Twitter 5 years ago and I can still function. I go to work and pay my bills.Its going to be alright guys If you are not on Twitter. Gosh

[SueFerreira]

The sooner Twitter disappears the better.
We've managed for thousands of years without its banality.

[crabbyproductions]

Well I don't use Twitter. My life is perfectly fine without it. So elon can take his twitter and shove it. I don't care.

[ginomizzoni]

I quit Twitter a few years ago.... I'm so glad I did !

[NikonJax]

The more people leave twitter the less valuable it becomes.... I never had any reason to use it...

[FoOtFoOt]

I remember as kids we used to share our fantastic ideas of what we’d do if we were the wealthiest person in THE WORLD. None of us suggested that we’d aspire to be the biggest douchbag on the planet.

[suomynona]

The sane should delete twitter. Leave it to the mental patients.

[CerveloR]

Get out of Twitter when you still can.

[justsomeoneinthecommentsse]

Initially Musk bought Twitter as a stunt and now that he realises he's stuck with a lemon he's desperately floundering around trying to make lemonade.

[WinstonSmith]

Just call it the Monthly Narcissism Subscription Fee

[simplylovie]

There's no way I would pay a dime for anything Twitter offers

[MsHashy]

That's fantastic 🤣 narcissism truly comes at a price.

[pp]

Imagine if Elon was the next one to ruin his life for Trump.

[theresevanvleet]

I quit Twitter the day Elon proposed aquiring Twitter. NO one person should have that much power. Folks should boycott Twitter - NOW.

[elainedaprano]

"He's driven by something else." Yeah, narcissism 🙄

[catherineboyd]

Nobody actually needs Twiitter. Nobody will die without it. Life will go on.

[waltzguy]

Yup. I found out Musk bought Twitter, I quit Twitter. And there's that.

[ronm]

Twitter will turn into Bitter, when they have no corporations giving them $$ 4 advertising.

[maxpayne]

The smartest people in this whole fiasco are the 3 Sr executives who walked away with $200m