“I had no choice”, JDG forced to fall for Elon Musk’s subscription!

It is indeed for a few months now that Elon Musk, boss of Tesla and SpaceX, has arrived at the head of the social network Twitter. If the latter has cleaned up the company, he has also implemented several new features that leave much to be desired.

Among them, the Twitter Blue subscription which allows you to be certified and enjoy certain advantages. Yes, but that’s not to everyone’s taste, especially influencers, and the Attic Player wanted to let you know. The latter was indeed forced to pay this subscription in spite of himself.

JDG forced to switch to Twitter Blue, but he explains why

It’s through un live Twitchduring a special operation on FFXIV, that the attic playeralso known as JDG, Jidège, or Frédéric Molas by his real name, explained that he opted for the Twitter Blue subscription. Available for just under €10, the latter not only allows you to be certified, but also to be able to benefit from a wider audience through your tweets and to be highlighted.

Nevertheless, it is with bitterness that JDG cracked since he explains in effect, that as an influencer if you no longer have the pellet, you do not appear in full in the feed of subscribers. He clearly admits that this is a “pay-to-win” but that with his job as a YouTuber he is obliged to have one so that his community is aware of the latest news.

Unfortunately, I had to. As an influencer, if you no longer have the badge, you do not appear in full in people’s subscriptions. When you want to communicate about your video releases, it’s boring, it bugs me. But listen, it’s my job after all. I had no choice. Twitter has become a pay-to-win. What do you want me to do ? I’m not going to do the rotten Che Guevara in “I don’t take Twitter Blue” mode and then people don’t see my posts when I put out a video. I prefer to pay 7 euros per month and spend them in company fees. That’s 100 euros a year and too bad. At least when I put out a video, people see it.

Frederic Molas

Twitter Blue, the shame of Twitter?

If we largely understand the decision of the Joueur du Grenier through his job as a YouTuber influencer, there is a “certain shame” on the social network vis-à-vis all those who opt for this subscription that is the TwitterBlue. Indeed, if before it was necessary to deserve the certification (to be a minimum known and influential), today, everyone can become one, going from the most famous people to those who are the most random in the world.

In the future, it would not be surprising if everyone opted for this subscription because those who do not have it are today deprived of certain advantages such as the promotion of tweets, the possibility of modifying a tweet before / after it is sent, the possibility of enjoying no less than 4000 characters…

We know it all too well, but for Elon Musk, business is business…