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X’s Premium users can no longer hide their blue checks
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this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2024
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
X made displaying the blue check optional last summer, and it’s unclear exactly why the platform plans to remove the feature — or when.
Once a status symbol, the blue check lost some of its luster after X shifted to a paid verification system under Elon Musk’s ownership.
A blue check then just became an indicator that the account holder paid for a Premium subscription.
X eventually rolled out the blue check to accounts with more than a million followers, covering most living celebrities (and some dead) as well as public figures.
Just last week, the platform doled out free blue checks to accounts with high numbers of verified followers — whether the owners wanted them or not.
The move (despite being announced earlier by owner Elon Musk) took some of these users by surprise.
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