While the social network hasn’t made any announcements about it, many accounts with massive follower counts this Sunday – apparently over a million followers– once again, they bore the blue badge that distinguishes important users who, until recently, had been authenticated.
The message that appears when you click on the brand is the same as users who choose to pay the service’s cost of $8 per month and indicates that the account in question is subscribed. twitter blue and provided phone number.
Many personalities from different fields have posted messages on this subject, making it clear that: They didn’t pay for Twitter Blue or give away their phone. and that it reappeared without further explanation after losing the blue mark. The actor tweeted, “I don’t pay for ‘honour,’ although it is implied when I click on the blue badge that mysteriously reappears next to my name.” Ian McKellen.
“My blue sign has reappeared. I have nothing to do with it and I certainly will not pay,” said the Nobel Prize winner in Economics. Paul KrugmanMusk himself responded with a photomontage of a crying little boy and a verified badge.
This Sunday, the blue badge seemed to have returned to many users with over a million followers who had lost it, including inactive accounts. several famous deceasedlike basketball player Kobe Bryant or chef and presenter Anthony Bourdain.
Media accounts like chains Fox News or agencies Reuters, AP, AFP or EFE, Took it again this Sunday, ending the blue badge.
During, CNN, MSNBC or The New York Times Some of the biggest outlets in the United States — often labeled as progressive and the target of Musk’s criticism — bore the gold stamp of companies that paid for verification on Twitter, a costly service $1,000 per montheven though they predicted they wouldn’t.
This sudden changes implemented by the social network, followed by a small percentage of previously verified users choosing to subscribe to Twitter Blue to keep the blue mark. This quickly left the badge as an identifier for who paid for Twitter, leading many users to encourage Musk’s fans, who in many cases lash out at his measures, to have accounts with the brand blocked.
The owner of the social network, who often uses his account for pranks, said on Twitter Blue on Thursday that he started personally paying subscriptions to three celebrities: the actor. William Shatnerbasketball player LeBron James and the author Stephen King.
Both James and King had explained this before. they do not pay for the subscription service In addition to the blue mark, Twitter offers other advantages such as editing your tweets and publishing content. up to 10,000 characters and get the platform’s algorithm to deliver your messages.