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Stephen Fry deletes his Twitter account and joins new social network amid Elon Musk’s takeover
STEPHEN Fry has announced he is ditching Twitter after the social network’s takeover by Elon Musk.
Fry joins a growing exodus of celebrities leaving the site since Musk’s controversial new ownership.
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The actor and presenter posted a picture of Scrabble letters spelling out “Goodbye” to his 12.5 million followers to announce he was leaving.
However, it is not the first time Fry has said he is quitting Twitter.
In 2016 he left saying “the fun is over” after a backlash over comments about a costume designer.
He later quit again after slamming the site as a “stalking ground for the sanctimoniously self-righteous”.
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Fry said he is now moving over to alternative social network Mastodon, which has seen a spike in users since Musk’s Twitter move.
A spokesman said: “Stephen Fry thought the time was right to move on.”
The actor is joined in his departure by US star Whoopi Goldberg, who on Monday told viewers of her US television show The View: “It’s been a little over a week since Elon Musk took over Twitter and this place is a mess.
“I’m getting off today . . . I’m tired of now having certain kinds of attitudes blocked now getting back on.”
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The duo’s exodus follows other stars including model Gigi Hadid, singer Sara Bareilles, and producer Shonda Rhimes.
Musk’s tenure is already off to a rocky start, as he continues to crack down on fake accounts on the platform.
He has publicly banned comedians including Kathy Griffin and Sarah Silverman for openly impersonating him, and is charging ahead with plans to introduce an $8 a month price tag to be ‘blue check’ verified.
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The world’s richest man also faced backlash for culling over 3,000 jobs in his opening days, but said it was necessary as the site was losing $4 million a day before the move.
Despite controversy as new “Chief Twit”, Musk claims the platform is now experiencing record user numbers.
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Twitter starts testing paid account verification on iOS
Twitter has begun rolling out support for the new, more expensive version of its Blue subscription. As of Saturday, the company’s iOS app now reflects the fact users can soon pay $8 per month to obtain a verified account. The changelog notes people who sign up for Twitter Blue will receive a checkmark, “just like the celebrities, companies, and politicians you already follow.”
The new Blue isn’t live yet — the sprint to our launch continues but some folks may see us making updates because we are testing and pushing changes in real-time. The Twitter team is legendary. 🫡 New Blue… coming soon! https://t.co/ewTSTjx3t7
— Esther Crawford ✨ (@esthercrawford) November 5, 2022
However, Twitter is still rolling out the necessary backend changes to support the change more broadly. Following reports of users not seeing a blue checkmark on their account even after signing up for the new subscription, Esther Crawford, a product manager at the company, tweeted the updated service was coming soon. “The new Blue isn’t live yet — the sprint to our launch continues but some folks may see us making updates because we are testing and pushing changes in real-time,” she said.
To that point, Twitter has yet to update its Android app, and the other perks Elon Musk promised would be part of the revamped Twitter Blue, such as the ability to post longer videos, are listed as “coming soon” in the changelog of the iOS update Twitter pushed out today. At one point after the release went live, the app briefly had a new notification view that only showed content from verified users.
It’s unclear when all the elements Musk promised will be in place, but he reportedly gave employees working on making verification a paid feature until November 7th to complete the work or else lose their jobs. On Friday, the company began laying off about 50 percent of its workforce, leaving entire teams gutted.
Update 7:38 PM ET: Added more context and information about Twitter’s rollout of its new Blue subscription service.