[HN Gopher] Twitter is raising the Blue subscription price from ...
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       Twitter is raising the Blue subscription price from $2.99 to $4.99
       monthly
        
       Author : Amorymeltzer
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2022-10-31 19:50 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | abc_lisper wrote:
       | It's 20 bucks not 5 bucks.
        
         | ianburrell wrote:
         | It's $5/mo for Twitter Blue and rumored $20/mo for
         | verification.
        
       | tsol wrote:
       | So this is the same thing as having a check mark? It's a good
       | idea, I don't know why they didn't charge for that before
        
       | mduggles wrote:
       | Why bother, it doesn't remove ads.
        
       | thomascgalvin wrote:
       | People were paying for Twitter?
        
       | mvanbaak wrote:
       | "old" news: Jul 29 2022
        
       | chrisfrantz wrote:
       | This is from July 28
        
       | smoldesu wrote:
       | For only $6/month, you can buy a managed instance of Mastodon[0]
       | with 20gb of media storage. For an additional $1/year, you can
       | buy a custom domain to use with it.
       | 
       | Obviously everyone isn't going to switch because of this, but if
       | you're a microblogging nerd who wants the most out of their
       | platform, Mastodon is looking increasingly appealing.
       | 
       | [0] http://masto.host/
        
         | paxys wrote:
         | You can type your posts for free on the Notes app on your phone
         | and it will have the same effect.
         | 
         | The value of Twitter is in the network and eyeballs, not the
         | tech behind it.
        
           | eatonphil wrote:
           | And also that it's moderated. Just like how we've got dang
           | and company on HN, you've got to have good paid moderators.
        
             | smoldesu wrote:
             | There's nothing to moderate if you're the only one on your
             | instance.
        
           | noobermin wrote:
           | This is a harsh and bad comparison, it will certainly not
           | have the "same effect" because a small audience, even ones
           | you can count on one hand, is larger than zero.
        
         | CameronNemo wrote:
         | _For an additional $1 /year, you can buy a custom domain to use
         | with it._
         | 
         | Do you mean $1/month? Most .com, .org, and .net domains I've
         | seen cost ~$12/year.
        
           | smoldesu wrote:
           | Oops, yeah. Forgot to do my math right :p
        
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