Max Collins, who runs the popular Twitter account for rock band Eve 6 and is blocking blue checks, said in an email that he now associates the symbol with “people who are really into crypto and ...

How Elon Musk transformed Twitter’s blue check from status symbol into a badge of shame ... Twitter Verified account seen in an iPhone screen in Vancouver, Canada, on Dec. 9 2022.

But having a verified account on Twitter has become a status symbol that confers perks such as appearing at the top of searches. "Verification has long been perceived as an endorsement," Twitter ...

Elon Musk, the owner of the social media service, has begun to charge a subscription fee for the verification symbol. By Kate Conger SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter began removing check mark icons from ...

However, Twitter did strip a verified badge from The New York Times after the site said it wouldn't pay for Twitter Blue, in an apparent fit of pique by CEO Elon Musk. He later labeled the site as ...

Business Twitter’s blue check: Vital verification or status symbol? While many verified users on Twitter are famous, there are also community activists, journalists at small newspapers and ...

While once a Twitter checkmark was a verification symbol, now it can mean someone paid for Twitter Blue. Here's how to use Shortcuts to work out if an account is genuine or willing to pay.

First account is the verified official one. Second is a $8 fake thanks to the Musk subscription. Easy to tell when you look at the follower count, very, very hard to tell when shared into your feed.

Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verified Badges in April, Leaving Only Paying Subscribers With Blue Check-Marks Musk-owned social network also will start charging businesses and organizations ...

As Elon Musk promised, Twitter’s previous blue check-mark verification regime will soon be history. The social network, which the mega-billionaire bought last year in a debt-heavy $44 billion ...

The story of Twitter's blue checkmarks — a simple verification system that's come to be viewed as an elite status symbol — began with some high-profile impersonations, just as the site began ...