Elon Musk’s big Twitter changes: Pay $8 for blue tick, what it will mean and more

World’s richest man Elon Musk took over Twitter after completing his $44 billion acquisition of the platform last week. Since then, a lot has happened at Twitter, from Musk walking into the headquarters with a sink in his hand to key staff members and the board of directors being fired.

The latest of this is the changes to Twitter’s verification system. Instead of the Twitter ‘blue tick’ being offered to users who have an active and notable account, or what Musk calls a ‘lords & peasants system’, the tick will now be available to only Twitter Blue subscribers at the price of $8 per month.