After the takeover of Twitter by now-CEO Elon Musk, his way to revamp the app has been facing more backlashes than expected. The policy of Musk stating that every person on the app will have to pay $8 now for a blue tick, has faced rejection by almost all. This $8 fee is required to sustain or achieve the verification badge on the app.
Mark Cuban, an American billionaire entrepreneur and television personality, had suggested Musk regarding this fee. However, his suggestion was turned down by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Let’s see how this spanned out.
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What Did Mark Cuban Suggest Elon Musk?
In reply to Musk’s new $8 policy, Mark Cuban suggested the dropping of this verification fee for the most accurate Community Notes contributors. However, Elon Musk bluntly rejected Mark Cuban’s suggestion about the free verification program for some users on the social media platform.
Mark’s suggestion tweet said, “You might consider proactively offering your $8 verification program for free to those you deem the most accurate Notes contributors. Won’t be easy to confirm accuracy. But if AI can try to model out bias, model it can model in accuracy?”
How Did Cuban Respond To Musk’s Rejection Of His Suggestion?
Replying to Marks’ suggestion, Musk tweeted “$8 for all,” clearly rejecting Cuban’s suggestion openly on the platform. However, Mark Cuban responded very gracefully to this. Replying to Mark’s answer, he tweeted “Your business. Your decision.” As commented by users, the situation was handled very neatly by Cuban.
Many celebrities and actors have criticized the planned monthly $8 fee for a blue tick. This includes Lynda Carter and Josh Gad. Lawmakers like Alexandria Cortez and other major media organizations have also shown their opposition to the proposed plan, indicating that a user is who they say they are.
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