Twitter chose April Fool’s Day (a.k.a. April 1st) to remove the traditional blue check mark from its platform.
Despite the importance of the date Twitter chose, the removal of the traditional checkmark was anticipated months ago.Musk murmured In December, the company said it would delete the checks “in the coming months” because “the way the checks were distributed was fraudulent and nonsensical.”
Since then, when a legacy blue checkmark owner clicks the checkmark, it says “This is a legacy verified account. It may or may not be worth your attention.”
Before Musk acquired the company, Twitter used checkmarks to verify that individuals and entities were active, genuine, and notable accounts. Verified checkmarks were handed out for free.
Currently, Twitter users can purchase Blue Checks for $8/month through the Twitter Blue subscription model (iOS and Android sign-ups cost $11/month at app store costs). There are also other checkmark colors and badges available for purchase, for example, to indicate whether an account is corporate or governmental.
According to Twitter, purchasing Checkmark will give users access to subscriber-only features such as fewer ads on their timeline, prioritization of conversations, bookmark folders, composing long tweets, editing tweets, and undoing tweets. You will be able to
The news was shared by Twitter Blue subscriptions around the world.
Twitter did not respond to TechCrunch’s request for more information about the number of users who have signed up for Twitter Blue.
