Elon Musk Announces Twitter Overhaul

Elon Musk Removes These Features For Non Twitter Blue Users

March 28 2023 By: Jai Pratap

Elon Musk announced a complete shake up of Twitter features, with major benefits to Twitter Blue users.

Starting April 15th, only verified accounts will be eligible to be in For You recommendations, Musk tweeted.

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Voting polls will also exclude non-paying users of Twitter.

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Musk announced these changes to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over. “It is otherwise a hopeless losing battle,” he added.

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Twitter also announced to remove the verified status of some "legacy" accounts last week.

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However, Musk thinks It’s ok to have verified bot accounts if they follow terms of service & don’t impersonate a human.

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The new announcement from Musk seems to have upset non-paying Twitter users as their features will get limited.

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