The Twitter’s Line: “verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account”
This line by Twitter will help its business: “This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account.” Just like that, you may not know who is paying and who is not paying. It is a very important distinction as that will help the company to deal with the perception game where successful people have to pay to be seen as “successful”. Get the gist: pay and you become a legacy verified account because there is no difference before the public between a subscriber and legacy verified account.
Meanwhile, we were featured by LinkedIn News editors.
Twitter appears to have slowed its removal of the blue check-marks of legacy verified users that was slated to begin April 1 — with one notable exception. Last month, the company declared only those who paid a monthly fee would retain their badge. But the backlash from influential users was significant and continued to gather steam this weekend. So far, the biggest entity to lose its verified badge is The New York Times. The publisher's gold tick was removed after it "attracted the ire" of Musk for declaring it was declining to pay for verified status.