Twitter will begin deleting legacy blue checkmarks from accounts that have them as of April 1, 2023.
Elon Musk, tweeted in December that the company would remove the checks “in a few months” because “the way they were distributed was corrupt and nonsensical.”
Since then, people with legacy blue checkmarks have been seeing a pop-up when they click on their checkmark that reads, “This is a legacy verified account. It may or may not be notable.”
On April 1st, we will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks. To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue here: https://t.co/gzpCcwOpLp
Organizations can sign up for https://t.co/RlN5BbuGA3…
— Twitter Verified (@verified) March 23, 2023
Previously, Twitter employed checkmarks to confirm people and organizations as being active, real, and noteworthy accounts of interest. The verifications were free of cost, however not everyone could obtain them.
A blue check is now available to Twitter users for $8 per month through the Twitter Blue subscription (iOS and Android signups will cost $11 per month owing to app store expenses).
To indicate whether an account belongs to a company or the government, for instance, there are additional checkmark colours and emblems for sale.
According to Twitter, purchasing a checkmark entitles users to subscriber-only features like fewer advertisements on their timeline, conversational priority sorting, bookmark folders, and the capacity to compose lengthy tweets as well as modify and undo tweets.
