--- title: What’s happening with Twitter? - The Hustle description: Things are changing quickly. Here’s a summary. image: https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/523835087-HS-News-Brief_2022-11-01T010009.526Z.webp --- # What’s happening with Twitter? ![Jacob Cohen](https://thehustle.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png?width=48&height=48&name=IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png) [Jacob Cohen](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/author/jacob-cohen) [Jacob Cohen Twitter profile ](https://twitter.com/ImJacobCohen) Published: November 01, 2022 Updated: October 11, 2023 If you’ve been following the Twitter developments since Friday, then you’re well aware the developments are very much… developing. ![What’s happening with Twitter?](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/523835087-HS-News-Brief_2022-11-01T010009.526Z.webp?width=595&height=400&name=523835087-HS-News-Brief_2022-11-01T010009.526Z.webp) At the center of it is Elon Musk and an inner circle working to quickly implement changes to the company and platform. #### **So, what’s happened so far?** First came [the sink](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1585341984679469056?s=20&t=WQNxTkt55m4Es1s-rAJs3g). Then firing Parag Agrawal, the now-former CEO. Then the firing of “Rahul Ligma” — which, unsurprisingly, was [a prank](https://mashable.com/article/prank-media-twitter-layoffs-elon-musk). Over the weekend, reports continued circulating about potential layoffs, which are now widely expected. Throughout, Musk has tweeted some updates, including [plans](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1586059953311137792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1586059953311137792%7Ctwgr%5E7ec6823d0cce2953033c66fc4935c245675c2174%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2022%2F10%2F28%2Felon-musk-twitter-trump-content-moderation-council%2F) for the formation of a content moderation council. Both Musk and friend Jason Calacanis — a VC and Twitter’s self-proclaimed “Chief Meme Officer” — have [surveyed](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1586918804780630016) users about bringing back Vine, the short-form video app (basically, TikTok before TikTok) that Twitter shut down in 2016. #### **What’s this about charging for verification?** Musk’s team is also [revamping](https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/30/23431931/twitter-paid-verification-elon-musk-blue-monthly-subscription) Twitter’s verification process, possibly looking to charge $19.99 a month for verification. It seems unlikely that decision would have a wide-scale fiscal impact, though:** **In a [poll](https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1586918111936118784) run by Calacanis, **81.5%** of ~1.6m users said they wouldn’t pay for verification. Opinions on the implications of such a move vary: - Calacanis [contends](https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1587154877033193475) wide-scale verification is “the quickest path to making the platform safer and more usable for everyone.” - Critics note that it would allow nefarious actors to pay for credibility and potentially lead to the spread of more disinformation. **By the time you read this,** there’s a real chance new details will be out — we’ll make sure to keep you posted tomorrow. 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