Twitter’s free blue “verified” checkmarks for notable users may finally be coming to an end. Ever since Elon Musk took control of the company in October, he’s been threatening to remove the “legacy” checkmarks that confirmed the identities of users like government officials, corporations, journalists, celebrities and other high-profile tweeters.
Yet building a replacement for the legacy verification program has proved to be fraught. Twitter Blue first launched in the pre-Musk days of 2021, as a subscription service offering “power features” like undoing a tweet and saving bookmarks to folders. Musk relaunched the program in November 2022, including a blue checkmark in the features for paying users.
Somebody explain, I am lost 🤔😭
Do people really not get that this is just an April Fools prank?
Yessssss
Scammers.
I don’t understand why people that claim to be profitable leaders in the world have a problem with $84 dollars a year? Maybe there what I call face rich! If your a journalist or a politician and can’t afford $84 lol
Soo, it's not a joke?
Remember when CNN said they were considering leaving twitter.. . Why didn't you CNN ?
Awesome!!!!
Why would elonmusk do dis!
Elon- the capitalist saint!!
So now we can know who the losers are who actually pay for Twitter
~ what a mess.
I wish the demand to pay Musk & Co. would coerce some of the radical leftists to get off the platform, but it won’t. They’ll pay it and continue to spew hate and lies daily. Or they’ll be those ones who are like “I’m leaving because I don’t want to pay!!” yet they’re still here.
that’s a conversation to have another day.
Nobody but wankers will have blue ticks if you do this elonmusk.
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1st of April. I couldn’t think of a better launch date.
Its nothing personal its just business
Good.
Lol
April fool's day... interesting 🤔
Your blue tick or your l!fe🔫
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I’d you want an absolutely stupid take, just look at the posts of Twitter subscribers
Am surprised when we don't get the joke of April 1st
They already have.
Great one elonmusk 🙄 guess now its about recuperating that $44B you spent! 🫠😂🤣😂💀
Verified marks were the symbol of official and genuine stuff in the past. Now it'll become just a proof of fools.
Blue checkmarks are auto-blocked as of 4/1.
...and we don't caaaaare.
Better pay up Lefties if you want relevance. elonmusk change it to $50 for well known celebrities and rich people.
I guess you've forgotten the past. It's a private company they can do what they want.
Good
'A caveat, however: Twitter says this policy will go into effect starting on April Fool’s Day. Musk in particular has been known for April 1 trolling, including in 2018 when he falsely tweeted that his electric vehicle company Tesla (TSLA) had gone bankrupt.'
the_smallie and _AsiwajuLerry how far?.
TheDaveSchrader , aaronsagers , amyallantdf , GhostAdventures and other people with verified blue checkmarks ✔️
well.
So cheaper than Netflix
At least we'll know who the incels are now.
Way to throw Twitter's credibility out of the window.
'Verified' will be meaningless. Anyone with $8 a month can sign up, even for multiple accounts. All the blue check means is that you paid a fee.
About time.
Anyone with a blue tick after this will automatically be ridiculed. It's going to be great.
Genius Musk striking again 😂
They all need to pay their fair share.
Perfect
Elon won't be getting any money from me.
Well
Good, pay for what you use, CNN expects us to pay them to watch also ....
April fool's
I guess it doesn’t matter if you have a yellow one or a blue check. I leave the site to verify or get the story doesn’t matter if they have a blue check, no check or a yellow check.. I see nothing on here that I don’t go elsewhere to verify it myself, no need to pay for it!
😂 who cares
“Free” yeah ok. They were sold by Twitter employees for tens of thousands of dollars for years. I’m not a Musk worshipper by any means but at least all this levels the playing field. Especially for emerging artists and journalists.
CNN hates that Twitter and Ai, along with sheep finally waking up, will be the end of them. Any guesses on how long before they fold?
Mr Peanut could have spent $44B on real FSD instead.
Don't worry, , I won't tell anybody you aren't a real news organization... you can hold on to that yellow checkmark.
Just a reminder that if our elected politicians aren't exempt, Congress members like MTG & GymJordan will be paying for their verification with our tax dollars. At the very least, it will likely be deductible for those who itemize.
Pay $84 and look like a sap.
ApartheidElon nuff said
Do people really think they're important because they have a blue check mark.thats like giving a libterd a participation 🏆 for being on Twitter.
Envy
We all need to, every one of us needs to, block every single account we encounter that's subscribed to Twitter Blue. All of us block all of them.
And the blue checkmark elitists are going nuts.
No free lunch, Elon paid an arm abs leg for this platform
Good. It’s a privilege to have a blue check, not a right.
It's an April Fool's day joke.
Those that Pay are an...
elonmusk has been cheating by saying so for a very very long time and its not going to stop any time soon.. Free Blue Tick MUST have been stopped instantly when he rolled subscription based TwitterBlue BUT BUT... Grave injustice to users who paid like me..
Is it really true that musk means half-wit in most languages?
Twitter has become irrelevant, if I was a notable user I would not waste $84 bucks to see spam and advertisements and racists and bigoted and misogynistic tweets!!!
Then who will I know who to trust? Real 'blue ticks' are a constant source of wisdom when I don't know what to think.
Will they continue to have the exact same content on the “following” and “for you” tabs?
It's about time to get rid of these freeloaders.
He need more money 🤷♂️