Twitter Blue, $8 monthly service for blue tick, is relaunching on November 29 with this major update

After a failed debut run, Elon Musk is all set to launch the much publicised $8 monthly subscription service, Twitter Blue on November 29.

The microblogging platform had recently rolled out the subscription service which brings blue tick verification to public accounts for a monthly fee of 8 dollars. However, the service was quickly halted following the surfiet of fake accounts on the social network platform.

The billionaire said that the relaunch was scheduled for November 29th just to make sure the service, which was originally announced on November 6, was "rock solid".


"Punting relaunch of Blue Verified to November 29th to make sure that it is rock solid," Musk tweeted.
Earlier, the blue tick verification was free of cost but was only given to celebrities, government heads and media organisations after their accounts were verified by the site's platform.

While many objected to Musk's decision to charge a fee for providing the blue tick service to everyone on the platform, the launch of the subscription plan led to a surge in imposter accounts, forcing Twitter to temporarily halt it.

One of the biggest flaws of the service was that any random account pretending to be someone else or impersonating a famous account or brand could easily enjoy the blue-tick verification and come across as a legitimate profile.

But with the new service update, Musk has tried to prevent fake accounts from looking legitimate on Twitter by bringing this major change. Now if someone tries to change their name on Twitter after getting the verification blue tick, they will lose the tick until it is confirmed by the social network to meet the terms of service of the microblogging.

With the new release, changing someone's verified name will cause the loss of the blue check "until the name is confirmed by Twitter to meet terms of service", Musk said.

Musk further confirmed that all the old verified accounts on Twitter who aren't subscribed to the monthly servide will lose their checkmarks in a few months.

"All unpaid legacy Blue checkmarks will be removed in a few months," Musk said in a reply.
It’s been a chaotic three weeks for Musk ever since he clinched the $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter.

Since his takeover, Musk has fired nearly half of the popular microblogging platform's workforce, including its CEO Parag Agrawal and even raised the spectre of the company going bankrupt.