Twitter will soon start charging users $8 per month for verification. However, Elon Musk plans to offer all users the long-awaited edit button for free. According to Casey Newton, The move is underway alongside the Musk has shown Tuesday changes to Twitter Blue
For now, Twitter’s edit button is only available to subscribers in the Twitter Blue costs $4.99 per month and is available only in the United States, Canada and Australia. Users have a 30-minute window in which to update their tweets.
Musk so far hasn’t publicly talked (or tweeted) about his plans for the edit button since taking control of the company. However, the feature was one the first Twitter-related topics. After he bought a large share in the company’s spring, And Twitter It began work on the feature hours after Musk asked his followers whether they wanted an edit feature on the platform. (Millions vote “ye” among his followers. The poll — Twitter has previously said an edit button has long been its most-requested feature.)
At the same time, Musk is also planning more substantial changes to Twitter’s subscription service. Musk stated that he will allow anyone to be verified for $8 per month and show subscribers fewer ads. He’s also reportedly planning to nix the that’s currently included as perk with Twitter Blue, but wants to work with publishers to allow subscribers behind their paywalls.
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