Elon Musk, the CEO of the Twitter announced that from now onwards only verified users will be eligible to be in For You recommendations. Expressing it through Twitter, he said, “Starting April 15th, only verified accounts will be eligible to be in For You recommendations. The is the only realistic way to address advanced AI bot swarms taking over. It is otherwise a hopeless losing battle. Voting in polls will require verification for same reason.”Musk has also disclosed the reason behind it. According to him this is the only way to AI bot swarms taking over. And for the same reason from April 15, voting in polls require verifications. Notably, Twitter recently announced that starting on April 1, it would stop using the blue ticks for legacy verified accounts.According to the reports, unless user have a subscription to Twitter Blue or the business-focused Twitter Verified Organizations plan, the microblogging site would remove the verified check-mark status of accounts that Twitter has previously certified as notable before Elon Musks takeover.Only individual Twitter users who pay for Twitter Blue, which costs USD 8 per month via the web and USD 11 per month via in-app payment on iOS and Android, will have verified blue checkmarks. However, the company previously disclosed that Twitter Blue was now accessible everywhere.According to a tweet from Twitters official handle, “We will start phasing down our legacy verified programme and taking away legacy verified checkmarks on April 1st. People can sign up for Twitter Blue to maintain their blue checkmark.”Twitter recently changed the checkmark for government accounts from grey to gold for businesses and brands. As previously mentioned, a membership to the social networks new Twitter Verified Organizations programme in the US will cost USD 1,000/month (plus tax) and USD 50/month (plus tax) for each additional affiliate subaccount. This will be the only way to maintain a gold or grey check-mark badge.Twitter first offered verified accounts in 2009 to make it easier for users to tell which accounts “Of public interest”—celebrities, politicians, businesses and brands, news organisations, etc. were authorised and which were impostor or parody accounts. Formerly, the business didnt charge for verification. Within two weeks of the acquisition, Musk introduced Twitter Blue, which included the check-mark emblem as one of the premium benefits.According to a legal filing, Twitter is looking for information on the person who exposed some of its source code. A user going by the handle “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” posted the social media platforms source code on Github, and several excerpts were made public. On March 24, Twitter asked Microsoft-owned Github to remove the code. Github complied. The event is important because Twitter uses its source code, which is its intellectual property, to defend the network against hackers and other online dangers. The security of Twitter could thus suffer significantly as a result of the leak.How suggestions on Twitter help you learn moreYouve probably seen a recommendation if youve ever read a Tweet from someone you dont follow that you found interesting. Consider these as personalised recommendations that are displayed to you in response to your Twitter activity. The more you understand recommendations, the better they may be at enhancing your Twitter experience. In fact, Twitter put together a complete Help Center page describing what types of content we recommend, where recommendations appear, and how you may limit them.Twitter bases its recommendations for content on users searches, also referred to as signals. Signals can include things like hobbies youve mentioned, topics you follow, tweets you interact with, and even tweets your network members find interesting. Well present you with content we believe youll find interesting based on these indicators and others.
