Twitter’s verification system is now completely useless after the latest confusing update – 15 favourite responses
Twitter’s legacy blue ticks were supposed to have been deleted at the weekend, but the verification symbol which originally confirmed an account was who they said they were, has so far remained in place – with a devious twist.
The message that used to say “This is a legacy verified account. It may or may not be notable.” now says “This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account.”
This is a 4D chess level of stupid that we haven’t seen yet. Impressive 👏 pic.twitter.com/3YiH4t4oTF
— Wolf Van Halen (@WolfVanHalen) April 2, 2023
For subscribers to Twitter Blue who wish to avoid the stigma – and there is a stigma – it’s a really great move by Elon Musk, but it hasn’t gone down well with anyone else.
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So let me get this right. Now 'legacy verified' *have* to keep their blue ticks so that the hustlers paying Elon can pretend to not be paying for theirs?
— Priyamvada Gopal (@PriyamvadaGopal) April 3, 2023
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Well, that’s just made it worse, hasn’t it? pic.twitter.com/5NH9wr9f0M
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) April 3, 2023
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So he’s just going to pretend legacy blue folk are subscribing to twitter blue then huh pic.twitter.com/i32ApIXduc
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) April 2, 2023
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New Twitter:
One of us Twitter Blue and the other is Legacy… pic.twitter.com/zQJH16ISeu
— Matthew Highton (@MattHighton) April 2, 2023
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— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) April 2, 2023
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Looking forward to the first major breaking news event where it's impossible to differentiate between on-the-ground reporters and some guy who decided to pay £8 a month
— Alan White (@aljwhite) April 3, 2023
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https://twitter.com/Carter_AndrewJ/status/1642645597135024128
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Sorry, famouses, you'll just have to be bullied along with the £8 paying dweebs. We appreciate you taking one for the team.
— Gee Aitch Cee (@Scriblit) April 2, 2023
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https://twitter.com/ZoePaskett/status/1642632573133127681
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I'm a social media expert and social media platforms only do this when they're very stressed
— Sebas (@OhLookBirdies) April 2, 2023
