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As reported by Brian Briggs at BBspot.com, The Twitter business model is finally changing.  Up until now, Twitter was a free service that didn’t charge a penny.  It didn’t even have ads on the site.  Today they announced that is all changing.  It’s been rumored for a while and now they are creating premium accounts in 4 tiered accounts. Though they will be keeping the basic free account as well.  Since the article didn’t have any direct links to the confirmation, I’m wondering if it is a prank or not.  What do you think?

• Sparrow ($5/month) – Users get 145 character limit, 5 extra random followers.

• Dove ($15/month) – Users get 160 character limit, 25 extra random followers, 1 random celebrity follower, auto-spell check, “Fail Whale” T-shirt.

• Owl ($50/month) – Users get 250 character limit, 100 extra random followers, 2 random celebrity followers, 30 minutes on recommended list, auto-spell check, “Fail Whale” hoodie.

• Eagle ($250/month) – Users get 500 character limit, 1000 extra random followers, 3 celebrity followers of their choice, 5 hours on recommended list each month, Twitter Concierge for Tweeting while user is asleep or busy (and more), auto-spell check, “Fail Whale” tuxedo, custom “Fail Whale” page when service is down.

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