Twitter’s verification system is now completely useless after the latest confusing update – 15 favourite responses
11.
“This account is verified because we actually verified who this person is or they paid us $8 to look the other way. One of those. Who knows?” pic.twitter.com/kP3HKOHPrR
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 2, 2023
12.
"Only twitter blue subscribers will get a blue tick"
"Ok take the tick away"
"No let's just pretend you have paid for twitter blue because I am a business genius" pic.twitter.com/nIDshUzpCJ
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) April 2, 2023
13.
Elon: They will ALL convert to Twitter Blue and then people will stop laughing at me.
Accountant: Um, 4 people converted to Twitter Blue sir.
Elon: NOW EVERYONE IS TWITTER BLUE YOU ARE TWITTER BLUE MY DEAD DOG IS TWITTER BLUE NO-ONE CAN TELL WHAT IS TWITTER BLUE AND WHAT IS AIR— Mitten d'Amour (@MittenDAmour) April 2, 2023
14.
People with blue ticks trying to work out who is a legacy account and who paid for their tick. pic.twitter.com/c4gbt7FQqD
— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) April 2, 2023
15.
Trying to figure out if Margaret7632268 has a blue tick because she's a celebrity or a Twitter Blue subscriber pic.twitter.com/hUCGoUA6f3
— SHANE REACTION (@imshanereaction) April 2, 2023
One account did, however, very publicly lose its check mark – and that was the New York Times, who had made it clear that they wouldn’t be paying the fee to retain it, incurring the Trumpesque rantings of Musk.
He gave his expert opinion on Twitter diarrhoea.
There was also this suggestion that the NYT is hypocritical for having a subscription model, while refusing to join Twitter Blue.
The adults in the room debunked that theory.
The New York Times pays the people who produce its content. It doesn't own a business built entirely on unpaid labor, and then try to charge those people for the right to give you their content for free. https://t.co/VcUkYrDvkD
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) April 3, 2023
Imagining not understanding the difference between paying for the output of hundreds of talented journalists and paying for Twitter to put a tiny blue check next to content you produce for Twitter for free https://t.co/UXR35QyiJP
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 3, 2023
Subscribing to the NYT gives you access to some of the best reporting in the world. Paying for Twitter Blue gives you cred with paid verified ElonFan69420 and their 11 followers and not much more. In other words, this is a false equivalency. pic.twitter.com/ZcgNR7dAvr
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 2, 2023
There are still ways to tell.
This Chrome extension is very useful!!
Twitter now doesn't show whether accounts are verified or paid, but this plugin called Eight Dollars does.
Very useful in distinguishing a genuine account from the sad sap reply guys who paid for the blue check. https://t.co/ggRjNyZmBv pic.twitter.com/q7waI2EiK1
— m (@mayavada) April 2, 2023
ELON TRIED TO HIDE WHO IS SUBSCRIBED TO TWITTER BLUE, BUT I CAN STILL SEE IT WITH THE NERD EMOJI SCRIPT pic.twitter.com/uXRWNzkOom
— Isabelle The Jpeg (@IsabelleDotJpeg) April 2, 2023
you can find the script herehttps://t.co/ocVm0za4BG
— Isabelle The Jpeg (@IsabelleDotJpeg) April 2, 2023
So, any Twitter Blue subscriber who thinks they can hide in plain sight …
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Twitter Blue subscribers may soon be able to hide their ticks to avoid the shame – let that sink in
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