Celebrities Losing Their Blue Check Marks On Twitter – Kim Kardashian, Donald Trump, Pope Francis, And Beyonce All ‘De-Verified’ | International Association of Digital Marketing Professionals (IADMP)

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Twitter frozen the “bluecheck” after it became synonymous with an elite class. … [+]The program will be suspended for four years, and then resumed in 2021.

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Kim Kardashian and Pope Francis are rarely mentioned together. But today the names of Bill Gates, Beyonce, Donald Trump’s former administration, Bill Gates as well as Kim Kardashian have all lost their blue checkmarks on Twitter. Even the social media platform’s founder Jack Dorsey – along with hundreds of thousands or perhaps even millions of other users (including this reporter) – was among those who were “de-verified” on Thursday, as the social media platform is now charging a monthly subscription of $8 for the honor of receiving the blue check.

Some official U.S. Government agencies as well as a multitude of news organisations have also lost the verified status.

Checked but not checked

However, according to multiple reports on Thursday, some blue checks disappeared only to reappear – while some high-profile “legacy” verified accounts didn’t immediately lose their checks. In the case of government agencies, there was supposed to be a transition to a “gray check,” which Twitter has designed for official government accounts – but many haven’t received those yet. In the same way, some congressional members have also been switched to gray government checks, while others have already lost confirmation on their own accounts.

The process could be best described as chaotic, and experts have warned it could lead to a greater risk of impersonation of high-profile users – but also the veracity of the information being shared across Twitter.

Not surprisingly, throughout Thursday #BlueCheckMark, #TwitterBlue, and #Verified trended on the platform, while some who have already subscribed to Twitter Blue fired back by tweeting “Pay the $8” – in reference to the cost of the monthly subscription fee.

By the afternoon, even more people had tweeted that they wouldn’t pay $8.

Blue is not the color to be.

Twitter introduced its verification feature for the first time in 2009 after Tony La Russa, a former baseball manager who sued Twitter when someone impersonated Tony La Russa on the platform. The blue check mark – It’s a check mark on a light blue background, if you want to pick at it. – was meant to assure users that what they saw from verified accounts was a credible or at least well-known source.

Twitter’s “bluecheck” was associated over time with an elite class. The program was suspended for four year before it resumed in 2021.

Only those who pay the fee will be able to receive a verification. although Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday evening that he was “paying for a few personally,”It seems that the wealthy and famous are only rewarded!

It is now a question of whether the blue checkmark means much if its main users …read more

Source:: Social Media Explorer