Twitter to remove blue tick from accounts that have not subscribed to Twitter Blue from April 1

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New Delhi, Mar 24, 2023: Twitter has announced that the legacy verified accounts that have not paid for the Twitter Blue subscription will lose their accounts starting April. This means, that journalists, celebrities, politcians, who have not paid for the Blue Tick will lose it soon. It was a dream for many users to get verified on the social media website. However, since Elon Musk took over the company, he made the Blue Tick more about business than credibility. Earlier, the Blue Tick was only granted to people of refute but now anyone who has money or is willing to pay money can be verified on Twitter.

 

“On April 1st, we will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks. To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue, “ Twitter posted from its official handle. Twitter, however, has not revealed how it will deal with the accounts of people who have “notable” mentioned on it. Musk has been against the Blue Tick being granted to notable figures ever since he took over. In December, he said that the verification badges would be removed because “the way in which they were given out was corrupt and nonsensical.”

Since then, some of the users who had a verified account even before Elon Musk took over, have been seeing a pop-up when they tap on their checkmark. It says “This is a legacy verified account. It may or may not be notable.” However, for some users, the message reads, “This account is verified because its notable in government, news, entertainment or another designated category”.

Prior to Musk’s takeover, Twitter used checkmarks to verify individuals and entities as active, authentic, and notable accounts of interest. These checkmarks were free of charge and were used to denote that the account was genuine and not a fake or spam account. The blue tick was granted after a lot of verification.This helped users identify and follow legitimate accounts of public figures, celebrities, and businesses.

However, today, verification does not mean the same and users can purchase a blue checkmark badge through the Twitter Blue subscription model. This subscription service costs $8 per month for web users, while iOS and Android signups will cost $11 per month due to app store costs. Additionally, Twitter offers other checkmark colors and badges for purchase to denote whether an account is a business or a government, among other designations.

Twitter claims that the purchase of a checkmark badge gives users access to subscriber-only features like fewer ads on their timeline, prioritized ranking in conversations, bookmark folders, and the ability to craft long tweets, edit tweets, and undo tweets. In other words, users who pay for the Twitter Blue subscription service and the associated badge can receive certain perks and benefits not available to regular users.

Courtesy: India Today