This series of events is truly peak Twitter humor.
Twitter’s ‘Blue check’ has made the headlines for the past few days. Why? On April 21, 2023, Twitter began taking away its iconic blue check from the accounts that have not been paying for the ‘Twitter Blue’ feature—including famous artists, celebrities, content creators, and the like.
Chaos and hilarity kind of popped off that day, with many of the “former” holders of the verified blue check making fun of how their verified status was removed. Others also started making fun of the people who paid to get the blue check, and yeah.
I don’t have a blue checkmark anymore, but this is really me 🤷
— Eric Nam (에릭남) (@ericnamofficial) April 21, 2023
I had to look in the mirror to make sure it’s really me guys
— Eric Nam (에릭남) (@ericnamofficial) April 21, 2023
so now that we lost our OG checkmarks… are the only people left with checkmarks the [redacted] that paid for them? hahahaHAHAHAHAHA
— Zy0x (@Zy0x_) April 20, 2023
Lost my Blue check mark but God has verified the work we continue to do. Please continue to donate ❤️🙏🏾✊🏿 pic.twitter.com/6BWTIM3q6q
— Shirley Raines (@beauty2streetz) April 21, 2023
We gotta reverse the blue check and making it for people who really need to be verified by a app to feel more important lol y’all folks get control and try to obstruct everything!
— MeekMill (@MeekMill) April 21, 2023
LOL
Honey, the whole point of the blue check was that it meant that Twitter had verified that the user was who they claim to be.
Now, the blue check is worthless because it means that you have $8. I don't want to know you have $8. I want to know if you're who you say you are. pic.twitter.com/4DDrShekEh
— Jedi Ghost 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇺🇦 🇺🇸 (@JediCounselor) April 21, 2023
The only thing verified about the current blue check marks is the payment transaction.
— Taryn T, Duchess of the Blue Sea (@Talyn777) April 22, 2023
So if I don’t pay for a blue check mark (which I won’t), then can anybody just pay $8 to call themselves me with a “verified” account? Cool.
— Joseph Gordon-Levitt (@hitRECordJoe) April 21, 2023
Solution to celebrity blue check whining:
They pay their $8 for @twitter @verified and @elonmusk commits to donating $8 to the charity of their choice.
Entitled libs get their blue checks, it’s fair because they still have to pay, @twitter gets paid, and @elonmusk gets the…
— The Yootopian (@TheYootopian) April 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/Canastenard/status/1649668950697934848?s=20
https://twitter.com/MightyDuck__/status/1649603764171546630?s=20
The real flex is not having a verified blue check now.
— Sonali 🦷 (@chutneylife) April 22, 2023
Seeing actual verified accounts lose their blue check today replaced by those who chose to spend $8 per month to feel verified… I decided to add a disco ball to mine pic.twitter.com/JA1UI4ZGfb
— Dr. Fiona Mattatall 🪩 (@FionaMattatall) April 21, 2023
It has to do with social standing. Blue check was a symbol of validation rather than verification. Previously a blue check meant that someone approved of you. Now a blue check means you are who you say you are (verified by your credit card which you pay every month).
— John Price (@withjohnprice) April 22, 2023
😅😅😂😂🤣🤣
The hysteria today over a fricken blue check mark is unhinged.She literally believes that without verified arbiters of truth, people will die. https://t.co/6LNi0xMIUR pic.twitter.com/hV6UcXnBni
— Jen Wright (@JenWEsq) April 21, 2023
Then just a few days after, Elon Musk’s Twitter started giving it back to people with more than 1 million followers. Like? After taking it away? For what reason? H U H.
This past week my Twitter "Blue Check" disappeared for a few days, and then reappeared today.
The Universe brims with mysteries. pic.twitter.com/EKFThp4DuX
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) April 23, 2023
"any account over a million followers got its blue check back automatically"
Obviously not *that* automatically. The process still obviously involves a pissbaby manchild deciding who gets it back. pic.twitter.com/G6FrJ5X4oL
— Anosognosiogenesis (@pookleblinky) April 23, 2023
Almost as soon as I entered the house I singled you out as blue check worthy. pic.twitter.com/J9wBR3e7s6
— Jane Austen First Drafts (@Austen1stDrafts) April 23, 2023
Honestly, the Twitter blue check fiasco is one of the biggest business fails ever.
Elon removing the check marks from all of the legacy accounts completely deincentivizes the whole purpose of the checkmark. It also makes it embarrassing to own one tbh.🫠
Now I know you’re…
— Carson Garrett (@CarsonGarrett_) April 24, 2023
so elon made the twitter engineering team work day & night to roll out twitter blue and purge legacy checks, just to give them back to thousands of people the next day and pay for people's checks, because twitter only gained a net total of 28 new twitter blue subscribers??????
— rosie (@jasminericegirl) April 23, 2023
Disgraced at how celebrities refused to pay for a blue check, Musk now put it back on legacy verified accounts with more than a million followers to pretend like the biggest accounts on the site are paying. Kobe Bryant did not subscribe to Twitter Blue y’all. Kobe Bryant is dead. pic.twitter.com/Yl6R6NprmO
— Uju Anya (@UjuAnya) April 23, 2023
"No blue check" is the new verified.
Oh the irony.
— Rich Campbell (@RCampbellmc58) April 22, 2023
So, after all that anger and turmoil, Elon has apparently caved and GIFTED the blue check to every previously verified account with over one million followers.
But anyone who’s NOT a mega account still has to pay him $8 per month.
You can’t make this shit up, folks. 🙄
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) April 22, 2023
keep in mind, the Verified label still claims each blue check is verified bc they are subscribed to Twitter Blue and verified their phone number 👀 pic.twitter.com/AxzLKOItQf
— Best of Dying Twiter (@bestofdyingtwit) April 22, 2023
Teukie when he learns that he got the blue check back even without paying for it:
— 린🍒🌸🐥 (@iresineherbstii) April 23, 2023
Now my blue check is back what is going on people
— Katya (@katya_zamo) April 24, 2023
Wait my blue check back?! Elon must’ve heard about cash money mawk fr cause I ain’t pay nothing ! Ong
— Mark Phillips (@SupremeDreams_1) April 23, 2023
Elon, master negotiator: “$20 for a blue check!”
Stephen King: No
Elon: “$8 for a blue check!”
King: No
Elon: “I pay for your check!”
King: No
— skullsinthestars (@drskyskull) April 23, 2023
https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1650313212665929728?s=20
The Pope, Lady Gaga, and others lose their blue check marks.
Elon awards multi millionaire Stephen King a free Blue Check Mark because Stephen King cried.
Don’t ever forget that Elon voted for Joe Biden and he subscribes to the Krassenstein brothers. pic.twitter.com/e23EREPEQx— 𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝕏ʰⁱᵗᵐᵃⁿ 🏴☠️ (@imUrB00gieman) April 23, 2023
Though to be honest at the same time, it’s kind of scary how this blue check also validates the trolls, the spreaders of misinformation, and personalities that can cause harm to others through the Internet.
Guess Elon Musk’s Twitter’s priorities are aligned in the wrong direction. Thanks, man.
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