Elon Musk responded to the criticism over the Twitter verified account fee

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted To all complainers, please continue complaining, but it will cost $8

Musk also said that Twitter's new $8 fee for the bluetick users will get priority in replies, and they can post long video and audio

Twitter’s current lords & peasants' system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people. Musk

Earlier this week Musk was announced that Twitter will soon charge $20/m for all verified account

Author Stephen King tweeted, $20/m to keep my blue check? Fuck that, they should pay me if that gets instituted, I'm gone like Enron

In response to that Musk replied need to pay the bill somehow” and cannot “rely entirely on advertisers”. “How about $8?

Musk made several changes since taking over Twitter, he has fired top three executive including CEO

Musk is setting up some trusted group including Sriram Krishnan an Ex Twitter employee. Krishnan is almost an insider who is helping Musk to run the company