Continue complaining, but it will cost $8: Musk on blue tick fee backlash

After Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk announced that getting a blue tick on the microblogging site will cost around USD 8 a month, many netizens 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 affect Musk.

On Wednesday morning, he 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 tweeted.

“Totally stole idea of charging for insults & arguments from Monty Python tbh,” Musk later added.