Stephen King, Elon Musk still at odds over Twitter blue tick, King takes Tom Sawyer swipe at Musk

An online negotiation sparked, when Musk said that the Twitter users will now pay a $20 fee to continue on with their blue ticks.

11:38 AM Nov 03, 2022 IST | APN Live

stephen king elon musk still at odds over twitter blue tick king takes tom sawyer swipe at musk

Author Stephen King and billionaire Elon Musk have locked horns since the announcement of paid subscription for the blue tick. Continuing their feud, King has tweeted that Musk reminded him of Mark Twain’s character Tom Sawyer, who gets a number of other boys to whitewash a fence, an unpleasant task, by making the work seem to be extremely absorbing.

Musk makes me think of Tom Sawyer, who is given the job of whitewashing a fence as punishment. Tom cons his friends into doing the chore for him, and getting them to pay for the privilege. That's what Musk wants to do with Twitter. No, no, no.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) November 3, 2022
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In a recent series of tweets made by Stephen King, he wrote that Musk made him think of Tom Sawyer, who was given the job of whitewashing the fence as punishment. Tom conned his friends into doing the chore for him and getting them to pay for the privilege, said King, adding that, “That’s what Musk wants to do with Twitter. No, no, no.”

Kudos to Elon Musk, who has begun a revolution in how the world drives and who has incredible visionary talents. I got an early Tesla and traded for another one. Wonderful cars (no autopilot for me, thanks). That said, when it comes to Twitter…
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) November 3, 2022

In a previous tweet, made by King, he appreciated Musk for his visionary Tesla cars and said that he too brought a Tesla and has peven upgraded it. King, however, dislikes the autopilot feature of the Tesla.

King and Musk are at daggers drawn ever since Musk announced that a fee would have to be paid by the Twitter users to keep their coveted blue tick.

$20 a month to keep my blue check? Fuck that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 31, 2022

An online negotiation sparked, when Musk said that the Twitter users will now pay a $20 fee to continue on with their blue ticks. King replied to Musk saying that he would leave this micro-blogging website, if the rule gets instituted.

Musk then brought the fee down to $8, stating that the company needed to pay the bills somehow, as Twitter cannot depend entirely on advertisers.

Richest man on earth and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, has recently acquired Twitter in a $44 billion deal and has renamed his bio to Chief Twit. Since then, his decision to sack the top officials of the company including CEO Parag Agrawal, and charging fees for the coveted blue tick is sparking controversy.

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