The company on Wednesday released its much talked about revamped Twitter Blue subscription service for $7.99 a month. Its flagship feature is a signature check mark in blue next to your account ...

Welp guess my blue ️ will be gone soon cause if you know me I ain’t paying the 5. 路 ‍♂️ — LeBron James (@KingJames) March 31, 2023 But James still has his blue check mark.

The new badge, which consisted of a gray check mark and the word “Official” placed underneath account handles belonging to Twitter, the United Nations and media outlets including CNN, was ...

But to other users, the check mark has become a status symbol, unfairly reserved for a select group. It’s a sentiment Mr. Musk, with his feudalist metaphor, appears to share.

The check mark has at times been decried as just another status symbol, a way for people to earn clout. But it’s also been used to confirm that account holders are indeed who they say they are.

A celebrity who received a check mark against their will could, for example, argue that the check is a false endorsement that misleads consumers, according to Alexandra J. Roberts, a professor of ...

Followers used to get Twitter's signature blue check mark if they met certain criteria. Now, they will have to pay at least $8 a month to keep that verified status. Twitter users used to have to ...

Now that blue check mark signifies that the account is subscribed to Twitter Blue. For $8 per month via the web (or $11 per month via iOS and Android), ...

The Margin Twitter’s blue-check-mark drama gets stupider over the weekend Many popular but unpaid accounts have their check marks restored against their will — or even despite their deaths ...

Twitter pulled the “legacy” check-marks for accounts including some of the most-followed celebs on the site, including Katy Perry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian ...

Twitter is delaying the rollout of verification check marks to subscribers of its new $7.99 a month subscription service until after Tuesday’s midterm elections, according to an internal post ...