Elon Musk announced the date to press users to sign up for Twitter Blue, its paid subscription service. The microblogging platform Twitter modified its blue tick verification procedure. Blue ticks were eliminated as a result of the structure change from numerous well-known accounts. The incident started a social media meme frenzy.
Only individual Twitter users who pay for Twitter Blue, which costs USD 8 per month via the web and USD 11 per month via in-app payment on iOS and Android, have verified blue checkmarks. Check out some of the funniest responses from online users.
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A number of B-town celebrities, including Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Alia Bhatt, as well as politicians Yogi Adityanath, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi, Mamta Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal, Pushkar Singh Dhami as well as cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, have lost their verified blue ticks from their Twitter accounts as a result of the recent development. A Former US President Donald Trump, Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates and reality TV star Kim Kardashian were those who has also lost there badges.
According to a previous announcement, Twitter will no longer display the verified checkmark next to any accounts that were recognised as notable before Elon Musk acquired the company, unless those accounts have a Twitter Blue or Twitter Verified Organisations subscription, according to Variety.
The blue tick was initially used to safeguard famous people from imitation and combat misleading information.
Twitter announced in a post from their official account in March that they would start winding down their heritage verified programme and removing the checkmarks on 1 April. People can sign up for Twitter Blue to keep their blue checkmark on Twitter.
In order to make it easier for users to tell which accounts “of public interest” on Twitter are legitimate and which are fake or parody accounts, Twitter originally launched the blue tick mark system in 2009. Previously, the business didn’t charge for verification.
Within two weeks of the acquisition of the company last year, Musk introduced Twitter Blue, which included the check-mark emblem as one of the premium bonuses. Now twitter has announced for the blue tick there will be an paid subscription applied for all the celebrities.
This came into the light when American writer Stephen King revealed this on the microblogging platform when he wrote, “My Twitter account claims I’ve subscribed to Twitter Blue. I didn’t. According to my Twitter profile, I provided a phone number. I didn’t. Mr. Musk replied to the same with “You’re welcome namaste” and an emoji of a folding hand.
In a separate tweet, Mr Musk informed, “I’m paying for a few personally.” Later, he tweeted, “Just Shatner, LeBron and King,” referring to Star Trek star William Shatner, who had last month complained about being forced to pay to keep his blue checkmark.