Elon Musk has invited a group of tech world friends and investors to help guide Twitter's transformation — which is likely to include a shakeup of its staff. Read more about what might be next:
A venture capitalist working with Musk tweeted a poll asking how much users would be willing to pay for the blue check mark that Twitter has historically used to verify higher-profile accounts so other users know it’s really them.Critics have derided the mark, often granted to celebrities, politicians, business leaders and journalists, as an elite status symbol.
Musk has invited a group of tech world friends and investors to help guide the San Francisco-based company's transformation, which is likely to include a shakeup of its staff. Musk last week fired CEO Parag Agrawal and other top executives. There's been uncertainty about if and when he could begin larger-scale layoffs.
Jason Calacanis, the venture capitalist who tweeted the poll about whether users would pay for verification, said over the weekend he is “hanging out at Twitter a bit and simply trying to be as helpful as possible during the transition.” & get a blue check mark” on Twitter. Twitter is currently free for most users because it depends on advertising for its revenue.
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