On April 20 (US time), the blue tick disappeared from the accounts of many celebrities and public figures who are widely followed on Twitter, including Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Kim Kardashian, and Katy Perry. , Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, MC Oprah Winfrey,…
The incident took place after Twitter’s new boss – Elon Musk introduced a new paid service last year called Twitter Blue with the purpose of providing blue ticks to anyone willing to pay $8/month. The social network also removed many of the content moderation protections used to screen out accounts that impersonate and spread misinformation.
The green check mark has disappeared from the accounts of many famous people such as Ronaldo, Neymar,…
Before Elon Musk changed his mind to allowing anyone to have a blue check mark, Twitter had more than 420,000 verified accounts. This check mark helps people avoid confusing celebrity accounts with fake ones.
According to digital platform Similarweb, about 116,000 accounts signed up for the Twitter Blue service last month.
Twitter started granting green ticks to influencers about 14 years ago. After purchasing social media giant Twitter by Elon Musk for $44 billion last October, Musk tried to increase the platform’s revenue by offering a green tick subscription service.
Very quickly, many impersonation accounts, including some impersonating Musk’s companies Tesla and SpaceX, appeared shortly after the Twitter Blue service launched. Twitter discontinued the service a few days after its launch.
The cost to get Musk’s green tick varies: Accordingly, individual users can pay $8 per month, but organizations can spend up to $1,000 per month to keep this symbol on their account. .
One of the most famous accounts with a blue check mark is Taylor Swift’s with 92.5 million followers. She remains verified because she signed up for Twitter Blue.
