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\n These include dogecoin payments, a price reduction, and authentication checkmarks.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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\n Musk tweeted on Saturday<\/a> to say that anyone who signs up for Twitter Blue should pay less than the current $2.99 a month. He also said they should get an authentication checkmark.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n \n He said: “Price should probably be ~$2\/month, but paid 12 months up front & account doesn’t get checkmark for 60 days (watch for credit card chargebacks) & suspended with no refund if used for scam\/spam.”\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n \n There also shouldn’t be any ads, he added: “The power of corporations to dictate policy is greatly enhanced if Twitter depends on advertising money to survive.”\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n \n When Twitter’s CEO Parag Agrawal announced the Tesla chief as a board member it signaled his status as an active investor after Musk acquired a 9.2% stake<\/a> in Twitter between January and April, spending $2.64 billion on the social media giant’s stock.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n \n The business mogul suggested that the subscription cost should be “proportionate to affordability & in local currency.”\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n \n In June 2021, the social-media platform launched its monthly subscription Twitter Blue<\/a>, which offers “exclusive access to premium features.” It is available in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n \n Twitter did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment made outside of normal working hours.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n \n The company announced in September<\/a> last year that users from the US and El Salvador were able to tip fellow tweeters using bitcoin.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n