Would you pay a monthly subscription for a blue check on your social media profile?
Anoir Houmou
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Facebook and Instagram are testing selling users blue checks for $12 a month, what are your thoughts on that?
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Neil Roy@neilroy91
Moda
I'd probably pay for Twitter when I get more active there, but others don't make sense to me.
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It feels like they have already started price gauging before they even offered the service to the public.
If they have a good reason for it costing $12 a month, then maybe a yes. But verifying a gov. ID seems like a one time cost. What else will be in there to make it worth it?
But maybe it might be worth it for somebody with a higher profile to keep their profile safe, that will probably mean that scammers will start going after less high profile targets forcing more and more people into this program.
Zuck: Hey, Metaverse lost more than $10 billion last year. Any ideas on how we can make some $$ fast?
FB employee: Let's copy Elon's $11/month idea but charge $1 more? We just need 100,000 users to sign up, and that's $1.2M/month right there! Let's also tell them it's for the verification of govt IDs so we can have even more of their personal data. Sound good?
Zuck: Roll it out!
Booomerang
It kinda of defeats the intended purpose of having a blue check. Unless the intended purpose has changed from "verified account" to "make the company more money".
As a current state no - but if I was trying to really build a strong community on an app or needed increased credibility, I think it makes sense.
@paul_vanzandt I think it does have its perks
I wouldn't pay for that...
People will not pay (for a long-time subscription) just for a blue check.
Intract
Its basically a psychological factor. Since historically people associate Blue tick with authenticity, now people are ready to pay subscription to get that.
Booomerang
@breakthemyths @anoirhoumou Yes, it'll lose authenticity when anyone can pay for it.
@breakthemyths the question is, will the blue tick lose its authenticity once it becomes so easily available?
@breakthemyths Really? What query do I need to use on Google to learn more about this?
Not me, but I could see many using it.
Hunted Space
I think they aren't useful on FB and IG so no, i wouldn't pay for it :)
@sandradjajic fair enough!
Anyone
Seems like a lot of Instagram creators with audiences as small as 3,000 followers are experiencing issues with fake accounts (bots) impersonating them right now. For that user group, verification makes perfect sense.
No
Not for meta I meen
It would be like paying season tickets to go to the bar
Mr Dunluke pointed out that users who pay a monthly fee are more likely to respect the other users of a platform:-)))
@brian_360 interesting
If my reputation was at my desired level & the blue check pricing was reasonable, yes I would. Blue check helps to authenticate your platform is indeed yours
@lexi_design yep, but most platforms already do this if they think you need it/deserve it!
No. But let me know if you will — so I can unfollow you, make it less of a value-add, and get companies to quit this practice. :)
@mcgaritydasera don't worry about it, I agree with you
Good Lord, no. I can't even think of a *bad* reason to do so.
I don't need this.
Landings
For Twitter I will pay at some point but not right now. When I feel that I am getting much more value or making more money out of it I would pay.
No. Only worth it for people with a large public following like celebrities, journalists, politicians, tech CEOs, influencers, etc. Also, the price is too high. Approaching the cost of a streaming service subscription like Netflix.
Feels like a clear copycat move from Meta, probably something they have thought about, but no one wanted to experiment such a change until Twitter did. I wouldn't - I don't think it adds any value - they seem to try and monetise features that you would want anyway from the platform - i.e. security from impersonation.