The verified account status — or the blue tick — is rather coveted among a certain set of Twitter users. Does it add legitimacy? In some cases it certainly does and a lot of people keep chasing it. Now unless you’ve been completely away from the news cycle, you would know that Twitter’s new owner is none other than Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Musk, himself a prolific user of Twitter, is now the “Chief Twit” — his words, not ours. A lot of Twitter users are bracing for a few radical steps which Musk might end up taking and one of them could be to make people pay for that blue tick.
Why verified account users may have to pay?
According to several online reports, Twitter may make users pay to keep their accounts verified on the platform. A user asked on Twitter how much will they would be willing to pay to get the verified account or blue tick. Musk didn’t say anything except a one word reply “Interesting.”

Rumours suggest that users will have to subscribe to Twitter Blue — costs $4.99 per month — or they could end up losing the verified account badge.
A report by The Verge further suggests that Twitter could make Twitter Blue subscription as well. The subscription charge for Twitter Blue could go up $19.99 per month. Further, the report says that existing verified users will have 90 days to subscribe to Twitter Blue or they could end up losing their blue tick. The report says that Twitter employees — the ones working on this feature — have been told that they have time till November 7 to launch the feature or they risk being sacked from their jobs.

How will the feature work in countries where there is no Twitter Blue?
Twitter Blue is a monthly subscription service offered by the social media platform that gives users exclusive access to premium features. However, currently it is offered for iOS, Android and web in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand only. So what happens to the “blue tickers” in other countries? We really can’t say as Twitter hasn’t officially remarked on the whole issue.