Meta is trying out a paid service called Meta Verified. Pictured: Facebook employees take a photo with the company’s logo outside its headquarters in Menlo Park. Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced this week it would be testing out a new paid subscription for $11.99 a month. Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced recently that it would be testing out a new paid subscription for $11.99 a month (or $14.99 for mobile users) that comes with different perks, such as a blue check mark. Similar to Twitter’s $8 a month Twitter Blue program , Facebook and Instagram users paying for Meta Verified will have added benefits that will increase their visibility on the platforms. It’s been sold as a way to build a brand. It’s unclear how successful Twitter has been so far. An outside service estimated there are about 300,000 users. Twitter Blue users sometimes face ridicule on the service from other users for paying. Some social media users have criticized the experiment as paying for popularity . However, a Wired article suggested outrage over Twitter Blue may have been more tied to dislike of Elon Musk, instead of aversion to paying for other […]
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