Twitter CEO Elon Musk has been threatening to take away “legacy” blue examine marks for months. On April 20, the corporate lastly did it.
Tomorrow, 4/20, we’re eradicating legacy verified checkmarks. To stay verified on Twitter, people can join Twitter Blue right here: https://t.co/gzpCcwOXAX
Organizations can join Verified Organizations right here: https://t.co/YtPVNYypHU
— Twitter Verified (@verified) April 19, 2023
Legacy examine customers started to note the change on Thursday afternoon. Celebrities from Kim Kardashian (75.1 million followers) to Selena Gomez (65 million) now haven’t any official verification. The Pope can be out of luck.
they actually took his examine pic.twitter.com/KSyBRvc12m
— Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) April 20, 2023
Though Musk promised advertisers the app wouldn’t flip right into a “free-for-all hellscape” final October, it is unclear how Twitter will keep a way of legitimacy.
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Twitter customers can buy Twitter Blue for $8 a month. Along with a “blue examine,” subscribers can craft Tweets longer than 280 characters, edit Tweets, and add movies as much as 60 minutes lengthy.
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Nonetheless, Twitter customers who misplaced their checks do not appear to thoughts.
Blue examine gone… I really feel okay ???
— Garcelle Beauvais (@GarcelleB) April 20, 2023
bye blue examine mark, the chaos continues.
— Andrew Horowitz (@adhorowi) April 20, 2023
I simply realized the blue examine is gone. Bye. ?? pic.twitter.com/LK27xtq09b
— Robert Hernandez (@webjournalist) April 20, 2023
legacy verified blue checks are gone
‘Verified’ notifications at the moment are a spam filter! be at liberty to dam everybody in there pic.twitter.com/WpWiKCNXLw
— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) April 20, 2023
my blue examine is gone pic.twitter.com/jmNOtdc0oD
— Carrie Courogen (@carriecourogen) April 20, 2023
No less than one celeb, nonetheless, claims they appear to be subscribed to Twitter Blue regardless that they did join and they didn’t confirm a cellphone quantity. Stephen King, who has been vocal about Twitter Blue, nonetheless has a blue examine.
My Twitter account says I’ve subscribed to Twitter Blue. I have never.
My Twitter account says I’ve given a cellphone quantity. I have never.— Stephen King (@StephenKing) April 20, 2023
It is unclear if that is Musk’s approach of trolling the writer or if it’s a glitch, however primarily based on Musk’s humorousness, the previous may be true.
