{"id":385290,"date":"2022-11-07T13:32:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T08:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=385290"},"modified":"2022-11-07T13:32:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T08:32:51","slug":"elon-musk-youll-have-to-pay-to-dm-celebrities-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/elon-musk-youll-have-to-pay-to-dm-celebrities-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk: You&#8217;ll Have to Pay to DM Celebrities on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter is going through all kinds of changes after Elon Musk bought the company for $44 billion last month. After charging $8 for a verified blue tick badge, he has launched a new feature that will charge users to send direct messages (DMs) to high-profile accounts or celebrities on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>New York Times<\/em> reported that internal documents and two employees working at the company revealed the news of the DM feature. The fee structure for the DMs hasn&#8217;t been finalized by Twitter but it is assumed that it will be as little as a few dollars per DM.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/88731_55_elon-musks-texts-with-rich-celebrities-about-buying-twitter-surface.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-385295\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/88731_55_elon-musks-texts-with-rich-celebrities-about-buying-twitter-surface.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/88731_55_elon-musks-texts-with-rich-celebrities-about-buying-twitter-surface.webp 620w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/88731_55_elon-musks-texts-with-rich-celebrities-about-buying-twitter-surface-300x175.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/fans-celebrate-pakistans-miracle-jump-into-the-semi-finals-with-bhangra-performance-outside-adelaide-oval-stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fans Celebrate Pakistan\u2019s Miracle Jump into the Semi-Finals with Bhangra Performance Outside Adelaide Oval Stadium<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>Twitter is reportedly working on a paid DM program focused on \u201cVery Important Tweeters&#8221; or VITs. According to the sample, the new feature will allow users to DM famous people for a fee.<\/p>\n<p>As shared by the<em> New York Times<\/em>, an early prototype displayed a user asking Post Malone about his favorite records. This message would then appear in a special section of the celebrity\u2019s inbox and the latter could choose whether they want to receive the text(s).<\/p>\n<p>This news comes after the founder of SpaceX and Tesla said Twitter noticed a &#8220;massive drop in revenue,&#8221; as several advertisers retracted their spending on the platform.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.<\/p>\n<p>Extremely messed up! They\u2019re trying to destroy free speech in America.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1588538640401018880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/amber-heard-leaves-twitter-after-ex-boyfriend-elon-musk-takes-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amber Heard Leaves Twitter After Ex-Boyfriend Elon Musk Takes Over<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>People are leaving the platform after the $8 subscription fee for the blue tick badge was announced, and now this new feature seems to have enraged users again. Although many complaints have been filed against the blue tick subscription policy, the <em>Burnt Hair<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/elon-musk-launches-and-sells-1m-worth-of-burnt-hair-perfume-in-a-few-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perfume seller<\/a> is adamant about his strategy and said, &#8220;Trash me all day, but it&#8217;ll cost $8&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-385293\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/314424139_6014897745207483_4058819878922388855_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/314424139_6014897745207483_4058819878922388855_n.jpg 1242w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/314424139_6014897745207483_4058819878922388855_n-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/314424139_6014897745207483_4058819878922388855_n-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/314424139_6014897745207483_4058819878922388855_n-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/314424139_6014897745207483_4058819878922388855_n-758x477.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What do you think about this new strategy by the world&#8217;s richest man? Share your thoughts below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter is going through all kinds of changes after Elon Musk bought the company for $44 billion last month. After charging $8 for a verified blue tick badge, he has launched a new feature that will charge users to send direct messages (DMs) to high-profile accounts or celebrities on the platform. The New York Times reported that internal documents and [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/elon-musk-youll-have-to-pay-to-dm-celebrities-on-twitter\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":385298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2199,2540,1291,2554],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-385290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-international","9":"category-social-media","10":"category-twitter"},"wps_subtitle":"The announcement was made after Elon Musk said that Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FotoJet-2022-11-07T124832.413-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FotoJet-2022-11-07T124832.413-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FotoJet-2022-11-07T124832.413.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Rija Sohaib","categories_name":["Featured","International","Social Media","Twitter"],"title_text":"Elon Musk: You\u2019ll Have to Pay to DM Celebrities on Twitter","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2199,2540,1291,2554&exclude=385290","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385290"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=385290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}