Earon Mask announced that the account displayed on Twitter's 'recommended' tab will be only 'authenticated badge acquisition account', and only authenticated accounts can vote in the questionnaire



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Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter and became CEO , announced that only accounts with authenticated badges will be displayed on Twitter's 'Recommended' tab. Along with this, it has been announced that only authenticated accounts will be able to vote in the voting function.

Elon Musk says Twitter's For You page will only recommend verified accounts - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/27/23659351/elon-musk-twitter-for-you-verified-accounts-polls



Celebs balk at paying for Twitter's blue checks
https://www.fastcompany.com/90872167/celebrities-pushing-back-against-paying-for-blue-checks

On March 28, 2023, Elon Musk wrote on his Twitter account, ``After April 15th, only verified accounts will be recommended. It's a pragmatic way, otherwise it's a hopeless losing battle. The voting feature also requires a verified account for the same reason,' he tweeted, adding that the accounts displayed in 'Recommended' and those that could respond to votes Announced that it will be restricted to “verified badge acquisition accounts” only.




Twitter's 'Recommended' tab is displayed at the top of the timeline, and the English notation is 'ForYou'. 'Following' shows tweets from accounts you follow on your own Twitter account, but 'Recommended' tweets recommended by Twitter based on the trends of the accounts you follow and the tweets you like and retweet. is displayed. At the time of article creation, it is a tab that displays tweets that match the user's tastes and preferences, but the tweets displayed here are only ``tweets of accounts that have acquired authenticated badges''.



Before being acquired by Musk, Twitter used a verified badge, a blue checkmark next to an account's name, to clearly indicate that accounts used by celebrities were genuine. . However, after being acquired by Mr. Mask, Twitter changed so that anyone can purchase authenticated badges.

In addition, from April 1, 2023, authenticated badge acquisition accounts that have not joined Twitter Blue, that is, Twitter accounts of celebrities who have acquired a verified badge before Mr. Musk acquired Twitter, will be authenticated. announced that it will remove the completed badge (blue check mark).

Twitter Blue will be available worldwide and from April 1, the blue check mark will be removed from authenticated accounts that have not joined Twitter Blue - GIGAZINE



In other words, 'recommended accounts' and 'accounts that can answer votes' are only paid users who are subscribed to Twitter Blue.

According to Fast Company, Twitter accounts such as Beyoncé, Stephen King, Barack Obama, Taylor Swift, Tucker Carlson, and Drake have not joined Twitter Blue, and many celebrities have bothered to join Twitter Blue. seems negative about keeping the blue check mark.

However, not everything that Mr. Mask tweets is reflected immediately. Mr. Mask promised in a tweet that he would share Twitter's advertising revenue with Twitter Blue subscribers, but this has not been realized even at the time of writing the article about two months later. Also, Mr. Mask promised to open source Twitter's algorithm by March 5, 2023, but this has not been realized either.




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