Twitter froze verified accounts to deal with the Bitcoin hack – our 15 favourite funny reactions

8.

Blue ticks:
"Hey guys, we're back!!!"

Unverified Twitter: pic.twitter.com/Kz2v2nhAOb

— Dylan Leach (@leachitup) July 16, 2020

9.

hi! actual bluetick expert here, this silence isn't funny, this is what blueticks do when they're distressed

— joe (@mutablejoe) July 16, 2020

10.

Tell me, Mr. Anderson:

what good is a verified account if you are unable to speak? pic.twitter.com/LrhogoHao1

— Pete Lucier (@PeterLucier) July 15, 2020

Once the restrictions were lifted, some of the verified accounts tweeted their own jokes.

11.

Thankfully, my Twitter was not hacked, because of the rock-solid cyber-security I recently purchased for just $12,000 in bitcoin and my social security number. Thanks @cyberscambelarus!

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) July 16, 2020

12.

Live footage of Twitter returning posting privileges to someone with a blue tick pic.twitter.com/7qjSUVn7lX

— Alan White (@aljwhite) July 16, 2020

13.

Phew thank god verified accounts can tweet again. Now where was I? Oh, that’s right. If I get diarrhea from McDonalds am I McShittin my pants

— Matt Will Post (@MattPostSaysHi) July 15, 2020

14.

I am trapped under a huge blue tick. Please send help. There are others with me.

— Richard Osman (@richardosman) July 16, 2020

15.

Just checking my ability to tweet. Verified accounts were locked because of the hack and I couldn't tweet for a while. Looks like we are good. Please send $$ to my BTC account… 😂😂😂

— Jack Phan (@JackPhan) July 16, 2020

Even though Bette Midler had been locked out by the incident, she found a silver lining.

Verified accounts weren’t able to Tweet all afternoon, but I spent my downtime laughing my entire ass off about how Diaper Don couldn’t tweet either. 😂

— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) July 16, 2020

Imagine being able to switch off Trump’s Twitter and not doing it. That’s real restraint.

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