Despite the earlier announcement that Twitter is discontinuing verified blue ticks for non-paying users, it appears that the social media network continues the maintain the blue tick for all legacy accounts. However, there’s a new change to the label which makes it hard to differentiate between a legacy verified account and a Twitter Blue subscriber.
If you tap on a blue tick for a verified Twitter account, you’ll see: “This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account.” Previously, these legacy verified accounts will carry the label: “This is a legacy verified account. It may or may not be notable” while paying users will get a label that reads “This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account.”
Verification of accounts will help a lot. We are adding date of verification to the profile.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 2, 2023
Note, only date since paid verification counts, since there was so much corruption in the past with legacy checkmarks.
In a tweet, Elon Musk revealed that Twitter will be adding a verification date to the profile. He said only the date will be added since paid verification counts while alleging that there was so much corruption in the past with legacy checkmarks. Once the date is added, it would give a clearer indication if the verified status was obtained after the paid subscription policy kicked in.
Also, their feed is the Twitter equivalent of diarrhea. It’s unreadable.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 2, 2023
They would have far more real followers if they only posted their top articles.
Same applies to all publications.
Yesterday, the New York Times says it won’t pay for the Twitter-verified checkmarks and it was reported that it lost its blue tick on the same day. Responding to the recent development, Elon Musk said New York Times’ propaganda wasn’t interesting while describing their feed as Twitter’s equivalent of diarrhea.
To get the blue tick via Twitter Blue subscription, it currently costs RM35 per month or RM369 for an annual subscription in Malaysia. Besides getting the verified checkmark, users will also enjoy additional features such as the ability to undo or edit tweets, upload longer and higher-quality videos, view 50% fewer ads and enjoy a boost in ranking for both replies and search results.
For organisations, there’s the more premium gold checkmark which comes with a square profile picture. The prestigious gold tick costs significantly more at RM4,500 per month and an additional RM230 per month for each affiliate which could cover sub-brands, leaders, spokespersons or employees. To get tackle the spam bot issue, Elon Musk has suggested limiting tweets in For You section to “verified” users only starting 15th April.
Would you pay RM30 for a Twitter Blue subscription? Let us know in the comments below.
