In a campaign called #BlockTheBlue, some Twitter users, including popular ones like @dril, are asking people to block anyone who subscribes to Twitter Blue

After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.

Mashable 2023-04-22 Matt Binder

Context & Ripple Effects

Twitter’s removal of legacy checkmarks turned Blue from an optional subscription into the platform’s visible replacement for a long-standing status signal. The change followed the removal of legacy verification, making the badge newly salient to users who had previously treated it as an identity or credibility marker.

The backlash is compounded by reports that critics received unwanted Blue badges, blurring the line between a paid subscription and an endorsement of the product. #BlockTheBlue is therefore a social response to the meaning users attach to the badge, not merely to its price.

First-order effects

Blue subscribers targeted by the campaign may lose access to influential users’ posts and conversations as blocks fragment their audience reach.
Twitter’s paid badge becomes more reputationally charged: users deciding whether to subscribe must weigh platform features against possible community backlash.

Second-order effects

Creators and brands that depend on broad interaction may have less incentive to display or purchase Blue if blocks reduce the audience value attached to the badge.
Twitter must contend with a product-positioning problem: a verification replacement intended to support subscriptions can instead become a shorthand for platform allegiance among some users.

Third-order effects

If badge-based social sorting persists, verification can shift from a trust signal into a partisan or community-status signal, reducing its usefulness as a common platform-wide identity layer.
The episode illustrates the risk in monetizing formerly institutional platform signals: revenue features can alter social norms and provoke user-led countermeasures that the platform does not control.

The trend: Platforms are increasingly testing paid access to visibility and identity features, exposing those products to backlash when users see monetization as changing the social meaning of participation.

Discussion

@atomicpoet@mastodon.social Chris Trottier on mastodon
@Techmeme It's a silly campaign because Elon Musk can just ignore blocks if he wants.
@mattbinder Matt Binder on x
new from me: some of Twitter's most popular accounts are going full steam ahead with #BlockTheBlue, a campaign to block all users paying $8 to Elon Musk for a blue checkmark @dril, @Eve6, and @BlockTheBlue tell me why they block the blue: https://mashable.com/...
@eve6 @eve6 on x
Truly astonishing level of situationally unaware narc lol https://twitter.com/...
@halomancer1 @halomancer1 on x
reminder that if too many elon paypigs block you, twitter will deboost your account, giving you an incentive to #BlockTheBlue before they can block you. https://twitter.com/...
@mattnavarra Matt Navarra on x
Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to ‘Block the Blue’ paid checkmarks “The campaign to “Block the Blue” - that is, any user still with a blue checkmark which signifies they are paying Musk for it - is in full swing” https://mashable.com/...
@malcolmnance Malcolm Nance on x
WHOO HOO. MY BLUE CHECK IS GONE. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 I will now block all blue checks in my TL.
@atrachelgilmore Rachel Gilmore on x
Elon Musk, the self-described free speech absolutist: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@harrymccracken Harry McCracken on x
This seems pointless unless your goal is to actively make Twitter worse. In which case, why are you on Twitter? https://mashable.com/...
@nic__carter @nic__carter on x
the funny thing about these very mad unfunny libbed up irony twitter accounts that peaked in 2016 is how they resolutely continue to use the platform that they claim to hate. i hope elon keeps squeezing them until they get 3 impressions/tweet and the buy blue or quit https://twit…
@dazey_ghost @dazey_ghost on x
Dril is a modern-day Sisyphus and I can't express how much I love him https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@eve6 @eve6 on x
“I am actively rooting for the downfall of twitter,” @dril tells me. “I hope to sabotage their efforts to become profitable, no matter how futile, in the hopes that they will eventually close up shop and release us all from this toilet.” https://twitter.com/...
@jonkay Jonathan Kay on x
We've gone from “people without blue ticks have plebe cooties” to “people with blue ticks are plebes with cooties stealing my bygone prestige” in a period of about 5 years https://twitter.com/...
Twitter Help Center Twitter Help Center on x
About profile labels and checkmarks on Twitter
@rodhilton@mastodon.social Rod Hilton on mastodon
I'm sorry but this is just the funniest shit ever. — These losers were mad that celebs had checkmarks and they didn't. Now they can buy the same checkmark and they're mad that the celebs won't.
@jsrailton@mastodon.social John Scott-Railton on mastodon
I can practically feel the coming uptick in #Twitter scamming.
@stephenking Stephen King on x
My Twitter account says I've subscribed to Twitter Blue. I haven't. My Twitter account says I've given a phone number. I haven't.
@jonathanmayer Jonathan Mayer on x
Since today is the blue check apocalypse, here's a new research paper on Twitter's paid account “verification.” What we learned: 1) Most people don't understand what blue checks now mean. 2) Paid accounts are disproportionately crypto bros, Elon stans, new, and conservative. http…
@catturd2 @catturd2 on x
Hollywood celebrities are showing exactly who they are right now - arrogant elitist snobs worth $200 million dollars who won't pay $8 because they think they're better than everyone else.
@alexeheath Alex Heath on x
NEW: Have confirmed that LeBron, who has 52 million followers and has said he won't pay for verification, was emailed by a Twitter employee with the offer to have his sub comped “on behalf of Elon Musk.” James did not accept but his account is showing that he paid anyway.
@jsrailton John Scott-Railton on x
I can practically *feel* the coming uptick in scamming. https://twitter.com/...
@mattbinder Matt Binder on x
paid bluechecks with 10 followers running celebrities off the platform for simply choosing not to pay. the business genius strikes again. https://twitter.com/...
@elmo @elmo on x
Elmo will miss you, little blue check mark. But don't worry everybody, Elmo is still Elmo! ❤️
@uscpsc @uscpsc on x
Fly now, blue check. You're free 🦋 https://twitter.com/...
@eladnehorai Elad Nehorai on x
Verified account Unverified account https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@mrseanhaines @mrseanhaines on x
RIP “China state-affiliated media” tags~ https://twitter.com/...
@halleberry Halle Berry on x
😂😂 https://twitter.com/...
@jason @jason on x
If you're a business executive or an entertainer who makes money from your persona in some way, $8 a month for twitter is objectively the greatest bargain in the world. If you get 1 new fan a year or a new customer every decade it pays for itself many times over.
@finallevel Ice T on x
The fact that we're even discussing Blue Check marks is a Sad moment in society. Smh lol.
@donswaynos Don on x
It's very funny that for years these nerds wanted to get checkmarks and also wanted celebrities to lose their checkmarks. Now that their wishes have been granted they're unhappy because only nerds have checkmarks. https://twitter.com/...
@johnbiggs John Biggs on x
Twitter advertisers are now solely scammers. Excellent. https://twitter.com/...
@timjhogan Tim Hogan on x
they really took his check https://twitter.com/...
@spenolpalinusa @spenolpalinusa on x
So Musk quietly removed the “Russia state-affiliated media” label from all the Russian propaganda accounts. I suspected he would do that at some point, and it became pretty clear when he labeled CBC “69% government-funded.” The whole point was to turn the label into a joke. https…
@halleberry Halle Berry on x
Me joining you all tomorrow unverified 🥰 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x
Now the checks really are block on command. Sorry to anybody who experimented with it, you are the baby and this is the bathwater.
@briangaar Brian Gaar on x
Everyone with Twitter Blue has become an Herbalife rep https://twitter.com/...
@tonyatamanuik Anthony Atamanuik on x
It really is something to behold, the Blue Check is now the perfect way to identify and block every toxic piece of shit that resides on this site! Thank you @elonmusk https://twitter.com/...
@masonmount Mason Mount on x
Over the years I've thoroughly enjoyed connecting with you all on Twitter. Sadly, the platform is changing so I have decided to delete my account. You all can still connect with me on my other social media platforms here: https://masonmount.komi.io/ Take care, Mason ✌🏻
@fed_speak @fed_speak on x
Twitter but as a MLM scheme https://twitter.com/...
@danprimack Dan Primack on x
All checkmarks (blue and otherwise) seem to have disappeared from legacy Tweetdeck. Even for those who paid.
@taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on x
But u don't need a checkmark to make $$ from ur persona, that's the point. Musk's latest changes only show that, once again, tech founders fundamentally don't understand the value of online creators. The platform should be paying its big creators, not the other way around! https:…
@fridaghitis Frida Ghitis on x
An account posing as Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - which are currently battling the Sudanese army in a major power struggle - tweeted that its leader, Hemedti, had been killed. Although the account is fake, it has a blue checkmark https://www.bbc.com/...
@josephmenn Joseph Menn on x
Goodbye, state-affiliated media labels. https://twitter.com/...
@modestproposal1 @modestproposal1 on x
If you're a business that makes money from monetizing the content creation of business executives or entertainers, charging them $8 a month is objectively one of the worst strategic decisions in the world. If you get (got!) 2 US mDAUs, or 5 global ones, it pays for itself. https:…
@rdrv3 David Ruddock on x
Elon didn't actually get rid of verified. He got rid of the actual UI element. The checkmark. Amazing. https://twitter.com/...
@alexvtunzelmann Alex von Tunzelmann on x
Just looked up the tweets and all the blue tick replies appear first under any tweet, meaning that a reader must now wade through a swamp of dullness before anyone says anything funny or interesting. So I guess that's conversation killed on here as well https://twitter.com/...
@profgalloway Scott Galloway on x
Next: buy 10,000 Twitter followers for $10
@steinkobbe @steinkobbe on x
They're starting to realize the cool value they associated with bluechecks is gone now that they're the ones that have them https://twitter.com/...
@scotusblog @scotusblog on x
Bye, Twitter. 🥺 The tipping point was having to pay for verification, when we feel we add a lot of value. We also feel solidarity with NPR, and share concerns about Twitter's direction. You can find us on the blog and TikTok. If we join another platform, we'll send word here. 🫡
@ciara @ciara on x
Blue check or no check... I know my fans still checkin. ❤️
@superpixels Victor Agreda Jr on x
the circle is complete, let the age of the ever-felching butthole reign https://twitter.com/...
@paulg Paul Graham on x
Deleting the original blue checks makes it easy for the first time to see what proportion of users pay for them. Of the 723 accounts I follow, 136 have paid, 28 are either verified organizations or associated with one, and 559 have neither.
@mattbinder Matt Binder on x
actually, looks like when removing legacy verified blue checkmarks...Twitter accidentally removed *all* state-affiliated, government-funded, & public-funded media tags on every account not just RT...NPR, PBS, BBC, CBC...none of them have it anymore lol https://twitter.com/... htt…
@billbrasky2620 Bill Brasky on x
The Pope doesn't even get to keep his blue check mark? That's cold!!!! https://twitter.com/...
@carolinebano Caroline Baniewicz on x
Even Elmo is like fuck this shit I'm not paying https://twitter.com/...
@danprimack Dan Primack on x
Losing my blue checkmark doesn't negatively impact me, except that other people losing their blue checkmarks makes Twitter less useful for me.
@benstiller Ben Stiller on x
No blue check, still feel like me.
@doctorow @doctorow on x
If you're angry that I gave a giant asshole $8 so I could get an “edit tweet” button, holy shit are you going to be furious when you find out where the fossil fuels that heat my house come from. Shopping your way out of monopoly capitalism is a fool's errand. You are not an... ht…
@bromojumbo @bromojumbo on x
Losing money, cried about being bullied on here, rocket exploded, AND he's become a paypig to celebs who don't want to pay for twitter blue. It can't get any funnier than this (it will). https://twitter.com/...
@tmz @tmz on x
It's a dark time on Twitter, as some of the biggest celebs are gettin' stripped of their precious blue checkmarks ... but despite Elon Musk ditching the legacy verifications, there are still some big names handing the bird its monthly fee to keep it going. https://www.tmz.com/...
@alexeheath Alex Heath on x
As Elon nukes legacy checkmarks today, Twitter is saying some celebs, including @KingJames, are paying for verification even though they aren't https://www.theverge.com/...
@euan_macdonald Euan MacDonald on x
It's obvious removing the verified user feature will allow disinformation to spread more easily. It's unlikely Musk doesn't understand this - I don't think he's stupid, this has to be his intention. Looking forward to what Fake Pope has to say, however. https://www.bbc.com/...
@bbcworld @bbcworld on x
Beyonce and the Pope among those to lose Twitter blue check in purge https://www.bbc.com/...
@mkbhd Marques Brownlee on x
I understand that I will now be judged for the blue check, but I need to accept that because I still need the edit button https://twitter.com/...
@harddrivemag @harddrivemag on x
me? uhh i actually never knew that verification mark... https://twitter.com/...
@dicebourbon Bryce Durbin on x
https://twitter.com/...
@refsrc Manish Singh on x
Twitter founders are not buying Blue either. https://twitter.com/...
@keyawnce3 @keyawnce3 on x
Beyoncé not playing for a blue check mark is HILARIOUS https://twitter.com/...
@theregister @theregister on x
Elon's rocket exploded so hard, it blew everyone's blue ticks off
@shayan86 Shayan Sardarizadeh on x
Twitter looks... different. https://twitter.com/...
@lorakolodny Lora Kolodny on x
lol my bluecheck disappeared but my background photo did too? https://twitter.com/...
@goldman Jason Goldman on x
It is funny the language around verification has changed so that verified = “paid for Blue and verified their phone number” which obvs isn't identity verification at all. It means you have $8 and a phone. https://twitter.com/...
@oliverdarcy Oliver Darcy on x
Verification is officially dead on Twitter as Musk introduces more chaos onto the platform.
@mer__edith Meredith Whittaker on x
Never had a blue check/most popular girl in the general admission line outside the club
@k8em0 @k8em0 on x
So long blue check. It was nice to have the ability to defend myself from harassment via impersonation. But who cares about Internet safety & verified authenticity. Buying a blue badge won't stop impersonation since anyone can do it. https://twitter.com/...
@rnaudbertrand Arnaud Bertrand on x
Interestingly all the “China-state affiliated media” tags seem to have disappeared from Twitter alongside the legacy blue badges. https://twitter.com/...
@benfrubinstein @benfrubinstein on x
Twitter has removed state affiliated labels from employees of RT https://twitter.com/...
@astridwilde1 @astridwilde1 on x
all “state affiliated media” tags on the site were removed today 🧐 e.g. @CBCNews @BBCNews @RT_com @chenweihua
@plasticmartyr @plasticmartyr on x
The #BlueCheckMark is gone which means now it's easier to identify the trolls & maga lunatics. No sane person would pay for Twitter blue & give $$ to a greedy billionaire. The verified badge is now the new red MAGA hat. Boycott Twitter Blue Legacy forever 🖕 https://twitter.com/..…
@danrather Dan Rather on x
Today proves yet again that you can't buy class but you can buy a blue check mark.
@atrupar Aaron Rupar on x
SCOOP: Elon Musk is no longer removing legacy blue checks, but instead will require all users to post at least one tweet a week discussing a quality of his they admire in order to maintain active accounts on the platform.
@kashprime Kashif Pirzada on x
Government organizations may have no choice but to move off Twitter at this point. https://twitter.com/...
@danprimack Dan Primack on x
Tweeted that @Tesla doesn't have a checkmark. Apparently it has a gold one. But they are no longer appearing on Tweetdeck because... well just because.
@atrupar Aaron Rupar on x
things are going great https://twitter.com/...
@sukiwaterhouse Suki Waterhouse on x
https://twitter.com/...
@ashleyfeinberg Ashley Feinberg on x
having an absolute blast seeing who paid for the checks
@nikitabier Nikita Bier on x
In a strange twist of irony, the people without checkmarks are the real checkmarks now.
@natalieegenolf Natalie Egenolf on x
What a time to be alive. https://twitter.com/...
@ow @ow on x
lol everyone lost their ticks but mine is still here because i “pay for blue” even tho i have never done such a thing!!! ...please, i'd pay to delete this shame https://twitter.com/...
@golikehellmachi @golikehellmachi on x
incredible business strategy, getting some of the most well-known people on earth to publicly state that they're not paying for your product and that you're lying when you tell people they are https://twitter.com/...
@hmfaigen Harrison Faigen on x
“We contacted James' media advisor, Adam Mendelsohn, who confirmed that James hasn't paid the $8 monthly fee.” https://www.theverge.com/...
@willoremus Will Oremus on x
Say what you will about Elon, he's always thinking a step ahead. For instance, he made sure to jack up the price of the Twitter API before turning the blue check into a mark of shame, so now no one can easily build a tool that lets you autoblock all the Twitter Blue subscribers.
@jamestitcomb James Titcomb on x
Is Tim Cook is paying the full $11/month for Twitter Blue or going through the web to avoid the $3 in App Store fees? https://twitter.com/...
@rvawonk Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D on x
The only implication of the blue checkmark issue that matters is that it will contribute immensely to online deception. That's literally the only thing anyone should be talking about, yet it's not at all what anyone is talking about. Egos are amazing things.
@thor_benson Thor Benson on x
It's gonna be fun constantly checking usernames and follower counts when there's breaking news and you need to make sure the person tweeting it is legit
@howelloneill Patrick Howell O'Neill on x
I love the people whose blue checks are accidentally still on their profiles for whatever snafu reason and are therefore desperately trying to explain/plea that they didn't pay for it
@zsk Zoe Kleinman on x
Looks like the verification blue ticks have all gone now. I am not a Twitter Blue subscriber so you are just going to have to take my word for it that I am who I say I am. It's worked so far!
@tomcoates Tom Coates on x
Even your verified section of your notifications still works like before. At least for now. What a half-assed job. If he was smart, he'll just be hiding the mark because when it's revealed to be a massive fuck up he'd then be able to reverse the decision. Don't hold your breath
@tomcoates Tom Coates on x
I *knew* this would be how he'd do it. Just hide the badge. So you can still filter for actual verified people if you want to. https://twitter.com/...
@eve6 @eve6 on x
Ok it's official if someone has a blue check now they're likely a white nationalist with 30 followers and if they don't they're a journalist or halle berry or something
@mattrosoff Matt Rosoff on x
Say whatever you want about Elon Musk, if his actions on this site can get more of us to spend less time on this site and more time doing real activities in the physical world, that's a net-good.
@fmanjoo Farhad Manjoo on x
Damn check out the elitist bluechecks, the woke mind virus cannot be stopped https://twitter.com/...
@saeeddicaprio @saeeddicaprio on x
bro's rocket failed and he's taking it out on us https://twitter.com/...
@ashleyfeinberg Ashley Feinberg on x
these people are fascinating—just debilitatingly painful to observe, absolutely incredible https://twitter.com/...
@_cingraham Christopher Ingraham🦗 on x
huh that's weird https://twitter.com/...
@saeeddicaprio @saeeddicaprio on x
all because the rocket didn't pay for twitter blue :( https://twitter.com/...
@phillipspobrien Phillips P. OBrien on x
Not sure Musk has thought this through https://twitter.com/...
@brandyzadrozny Brandy Zadrozny on x
And I'm starless! But for real, this website let me connect with reporters and friends and sources and an audience and reliable information during breaking news. I'm grateful for it. I'm hopeful that someone will make the next thing that does that. https://twitter.com/...
@vladsavov Vlad Savov on x
- Why should I join your social network? - It's not enriching one of the richest men in the world by charging you for basic functionality. - I'm intrigued. Tell me more.
@teroterotero Tero Kuittinen on x
The new blue checks don't comprehend that the emblem is doing a speed run of what happened to “Britney” as a baby name. It was a sophisticated, high end name in 1980 - and it got a trailer park connotation when low income families started embracing it. https://twitter.com/...
@arictoler Aric Toler on x
Assuming Elon doesn't backtrack tomorrow on this verified thing, this will be the final ever legacy-verified tweet: https://twitter.com/...
@sorayadarabi Soraya Darabi on x
Lost my blue check mark after being the first woman on the suggested user list and honestly don't care at all.
@nmsonline Nick Stylianou on x
Anyone with a blue tick on Twitter from now on is paying upwards of £114 a year to use this free website and app.
@digiphile Alex Howard on x
While I'm not surprised that Donald Trump didn't pay @elonmusk to be @verified as a @TwitterBlue subscriber, I am surprised that @Twitter chose to unverifying @realDonaldTrump instead of giving him a grey check, as it has many personal/campaign accounts of Members of Congress. ht…
@internethippo Mr. Bedtime on x
Every beef gets settled today https://twitter.com/...
@teroterotero Tero Kuittinen on x
The logical outcome is that nobody even semi famous now wants to pay for a blue check because it would expose them for the type of people who pay for a blue check. https://twitter.com/...
@kendrickperkins Kendrick Perkins on x
They took my Blue Check?!!! They can keep that MF because I refuse to pay to be famous!!! Carry the hell on...
@tomwarren Tom Warren on x
all legacy blue tick Twitter users are also about to experience a rapid unscheduled disassembly 🙃
@leokelion Leo Kelion on x
So from now on a blue tick signifies someone who is paying to get more attention (among other benefits). It will be interesting to see if that generates LESS engagement from others as a result of a cringe effect.
@eve6 @eve6 on x
Hey @catturd2 I'm no longer verified and my engagement is through the roof you should have someone look into this
@teroterotero Tero Kuittinen on x
Didn't expect USCPSC to go this hard but here we are https://twitter.com/...
@kurtwagner8 Kurt Wagner on x
Weird to see the celebs without the blue check https://twitter.com/...
@tnkgrl Myriam Joire on x
I'll just leave this here for the memories and the LOLs! Yes I used to be #legacyverified... No, I'm not paying for the stupid #bluecheckmark :) https://twitter.com/...
@matthew_d_green Matthew Green on x
For the record, I got my check from Mudge during a period when scammers were doing crazy impersonations of everyone, including (weirdly) professors like me. It wasn't there to establish how cool I am (although I am cool!) but to protect people from getting scammed.
@mattgertz Matthew Gertz on x
Suckers, I was the congressman this entire time!
@evanhill Evan Hill on x
in one fell swoop a blue check went from generally meaning a verified celeb, brand, CEO, politician, journalist, academic etc. to almost exclusively crypto/AI/ponzi/attention economy scammers
@jamieeast Barack Obama on x
Hi it's me, former president of the United States Barak 08ama. Please send me money
@jperlow @jperlow on x
A surprising number of people I follow and some I know personally paid for this damn thing. Yuck.
@waltmossberg Walt Mossberg on x
Farewell, genuine blue checkmark next to my genuine profile. And remember: in a system where people pay for an indicator of identity, you can't trust that it means anything. I would be happy to subscribe to Twitter for extra features, as long as it *didn't* sell checkmarks.
@johnbiggs John Biggs on x
Goodbye, blue checkmark Though I don't really give a fuck You were a useful tool to prove to folks That I wasn't just some schmuck And it seems to me that Elon Musk It's making Twitter even worse Never knowing who to placate from the alt-rightiverse
@digiphile Alex Howard on x
That was fast: @twitter unverified the @USCPSC. Ridiculous, & embarrassing. (Also, hilarious: give this staffer a raise.) Every US government agency should be @verified through @Digital_Gov https://open.gsa.gov/... & have a label in April 2023. Unverifying US gov't is unwise. htt…
@jamiewiikinson Jamie Wilkinson on x
The blue tick. Lived it, loved it, but you can fuck right off if you think I'm paying for it.
@shaneharris Shane Harris on x
Unchecked and balanced.
@rsgnl Joe Rossignol on x
Twitter is a shit show now and not worth paying for in my opinion. I'm still here because I think it remains the best way to reach the most people and access the most information, but I'm tired of all the “HAHA 69% 420 YOLO!” decision making.
@cwarzel Charlie Warzel on x
buzzfeed news shuttering the day twitter gets rid of the checks is some very real ‘the long 2010s ended today’ shit
@panzer @panzer on x
Ex post checko
@rdrv3 David Ruddock on x
I will verify your Twitter profile if you send me $20 on Cash app and have a 15 second zoom in which I make you answer one inane and utterly unpredictable question with your face fully visible. For this, I will send you an individually numbered postcard. In the mail.
@mattnavarra Matt Navarra on x
the new Twitter verification label https://twitter.com/...
@dogfather Matt on x
the dog lost their blue check i have no idea if these thoughts are coming from a real dog or not https://twitter.com/...
@edzitron Ed Zitron on x
It is really funny that Elon Musk managed to destroy the value of the checkmark specifically so he could sell it. It now means absolutely nothing. It doesn't verify anything. It isn't notable. I'm honestly impressed he worked out how to delete the legacy ones too
@edzitron Ed Zitron on x
The Blue Checkmark is now The Dunce's Brand
@arictoler Aric Toler on x
Sort of true — Twitter has verified status built into tweets themselves, so when you search for legacy verified tweets, you only see old ones. (Congrats to @nmsonline for the final ever legacy verified tweet) https://twitter.com/search https://twitter.com/...
@fredericl Frederic Lardinois on x
The nice thing about losing the blue check is that I can now quickly unfollow anyone who paid.
@willoremus Will Oremus on x
If you love your blue check, let it go. If it returns it's yours; if it doesn't, it never was
@jamesrbuk James Ball on x
New @journalismfest party game: breaking the news to journalists that they've lost their blue tick. #ijf2023
@kalhanr Kalhan on x
the evil has finally been defeated https://twitter.com/...
@yoda Drew Olanoff on x
congrats for finally figuring out how to do the checkmark thing team “@twitter”. https://twitter.com/...
@jonathanchait Jonathan Chait on x
Now is the time to establish a rival bluecheck Pope at Avignon! It's just $8 a month, plus the cost of a small palace https://twitter.com/...
@sherman4949 Alex Sherman on x
The “Verified” mentions tab is still up for those who are nostalgic. “Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road...”
@shiringhaffary Shirin Ghaffary on x
after months of delay, i'm kind of on disbelief the Great Blue Checkmark removal is actually happening
@willoremus Will Oremus on x
[to the tune of bye bye blackbird] bye bye blue check
@sjvn Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on x
Oh no! Oh, woe! I no longer have a Blue Checkmark! Whatever will I do!? Keep on keeping on.
@inafried Ina Fried on x
No blue check? Check. https://twitter.com/...
@scottnover Scott Nover on x
I'm a man of the people now.
@kattenbarge Kat Tenbarge on x
It's a post-check world out here https://twitter.com/...
@adamsinger Adam Singer on x
Will taking financial advise from people with blue checkmarks make you lose money? Yes Will taking advice from people without blue checkmarks make you lose money? Also yes
@pbump Philip Bump on x
So tired of the blue-check elites constantly hyping crypto, stanning Elon Musk and posting boomer memes.
@wongmjane Jane Manchun Wong on x
I would like to reiterate that I subscribed to Twitter Blue for testing purposes just so I can document features that are paywalled And I'll no longer do so when I move on from digging features for good.
@schillingc Chris Schilling on x
Yes, it's true. This man has no tick. https://twitter.com/...
@joannastern Joanna Stern on x
Today is the day. The day you all find out I pay for Twitter Blue. Please don't @ me.
@jbrodkin @jbrodkin on x
I'm unverified now but I still like to think that I may or may not be notable
@film_girl Christina Warren on x
The legacy blue checks are starting to get deactivated! Wow. Didn't think he'd do it but here we are!
@taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on x
We're free bitch!!!!!!!! https://twitter.com/...
@strngwys @strngwys on x
oh, it's gone. FINALLY. Now I can tell you, Roberto Baldwin was eaten by an alligator 8 years ago. I'm just a dude that found his name and password on a piece of discarded candy wrapper near the incident. But now, I am finally free.
@strngwys @strngwys on x
now the blue check flashes. So that's cool https://twitter.com/...
@isaach Isaac Hepworth on x
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@rustybrick Barry Schwartz on x
it does that weird flash on and off on refresh https://twitter.com/...
@kurtwagner8 Kurt Wagner on x
goodnight sweet prince. I will miss you. https://twitter.com/...
@tomwarren Tom Warren on x
no more blue tick 🫡 https://twitter.com/...
@sifill_ Sherrilyn Ifill on x
Tweet of the year! #BossLady https://twitter.com/...

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