Followers of Twitter users may decrease, Elon Musk is preparing to deal with spam

There may be a decrease in followers of users on microblogging site Twitter. The reason for this is the preparation of Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk to deal with a large number of spam and scam accounts. Musk said on Thursday that Twitter is removing many spam and scam accounts and due to this the followers of users may decrease.

Musk also plans to increase the character limit for tweets on Twitter from 280 to 1,000. Character limits are a major difference between Twitter and other social media platforms. Musk has Twitter Has shown interest in increasing the character limit after taking over. Musk had recently told that he can launch the company’s premium subscription service on December 2. The Twitter blue symbol used for verification will be the one with the new check marks. There will be a gold check mark for companies, a gray check mark for the government and a blue check mark for individuals (including celebrities).

Musk gave this information along with apologizing to a user on Twitter for the delay in the relaunch of the service. He said that the company can launch its verification service on December 2. Musk said that all verified accounts will be manually verified before activating the check mark. Earlier, Twitter’s blue check mark was reserved for politicians, celebrities, journalists and other celebrities. Earlier this month, the company launched a subscription option for everyone. Its objective was to increase the revenue of Twitter. Since Musk took over Twitter, many companies have stopped advertising on this platform.

There has been speculation for the past few years that Musk is working on a smartphone called ‘Tesla Pi’. In response to a tweet, Musk said, “I hope I don’t have to do this, but if there is no other option, I will launch an alternative phone.” Liz Wheeler Show host Liz Wheeler posed a question, “If Apple and Google remove Twitter from their app stores, should Elon Musk make his own smartphone? This guy has even built rockets so making a smartphone should be easy.” ”

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