Remember that odd exchange Elon Musk had with Stephen King a couple of days ago, where Twitter’s new owner was basically trying to haggle for the price of a blue check mark?
Well, it looks like round two may have kicked off.
The whole thing began with the news that Musk was thinking of charging users $20 per month to keep their blue tick verification badges. King, clearly not a fan of the idea, made his feelings clear. Musk then responded by saying « Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers » before suggesting $8 a month instead.
Well, flash forward to Wednesday, and the $8 was confirmed. And King, predictably, still wasn’t impressed.
The horror author began with what appeared to be a friendly tweet praising Musk and Tesla (King owns a Tesla, and has previously shared a Twitter exchange with Musk about the cars).
Then, in the next tweet, King delivered the killing blow.
« Musk makes me think of Tom Sawyer, who is given the job of whitewashing a fence as punishment, » he wrote. « Tom cons his friends into doing the chore for him, and getting them to pay for the privilege. That’s what Musk wants to do with Twitter. No, no, no. »
Doesn’t sound like the price reduction to $8 did much to appease him. Musk, for his part, has yet to respond. We’ll update this post if he does.
