- Elon Musk said he would pay $8 a month for Twitter Blue, which gives users a blue verified tick.
- He posted an image of a shirt showing the tweet he sent to AOC: "Your feedback is appreciated. Now pay $8."
Elon Musk has said that he would pay the monthly $8 subscription for Twitter Blue after celebrities and lawmakers criticized him over the intended fee.
Musk, who officially became the owner of Twitter on October 27, shared a $4 on Monday on the social-media platform, showing a black t-shirt that included the words "your feedback is appreciated. Now pay $8" and a blue checkmark underneath.
The phrase was in fact the $4 which Musk sent to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez when she $4 his plans to charge Twitter users $8 for blue ticks.
A verified Twitter user commented on Musk's photo of the t-shirt on Monday, saying "are you going to pay the $8, elon?" Musk $4 with the 100 sign emoji.
It appears to be the first time Musk has publicly said he would pay the $8 fee since proposing it after he bought Twitter for $44 billion.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has doubled down on Twitter's plans to charge $8 to users who want to have a blue verification tick, as well as the ability to post longer videos, see fewer ads, and gain priority status.
"Trash me all day, but it'll cost $8," "so long as pay $8, please be my guest," and "$8 for all" are among the $4 Musk has $4 over the past week. This indicates that Twitter doesn't plan to let anyone have a blue tick for free.
Celebrities such as $4, lawmakers including the $4, and major $4 have expressed disapproval of the planned monthly $8 fee.
$4 reported that Twitter was $4 of its paid verification plan until after the midterm elections. The publication cited an internal message and two people familiar with the matter.