Stephen King, Elon Musk haggle over Twitter verification pricing after author says 'F*** that' to initiative
Stephen King is not happy with Elon Musk's initiative to charge users for verification.
The author of landmark horror novels like 'The Shining', 'Carrie', 'It', and 'The Stand' tweeted in his trademark blunt style, "$20 a month to keep my blue check? F*** that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron." Enron was a Houston, Texas based energy, commodities, and services company that went defunct in 2001.
Unlike most people complaining about the reports, however, Musk took the time to respond to King. "We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?" he replied.
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In another reply, Musk wrote, "I will explain the rationale in longer form before this is implemented. It is the only way to defeat the bots & trolls."
At the time of writing, King has yet to respond to Musk.
Ever since Musk acquired Twitter on October 27, many celebrities and activists have either quit or threatened to do so.