Days after Elon Musk’s Twitter purged blue check marks from VIP users and prominent organizations, the checks reappeared on the accounts of a number of high-profile figures, many of whom promptly ...

For the brunt of its existence, things change came slowly for social media platform Twitter, whether it be policy changes or the details around the tried and true blue checkmark. Almost too slowly, in ...

Social media company X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their verification checkmarks. The Elon Musk-owned company introduced paid verification last year with the Twitter Blue relaunch. The ...

Twitter is thinking about an organizational verification plan that doesn’t cost $1,000 a month. Over the weekend, Elon Musk said on Twitter that the company is working on a cheaper plan for small ...

Twitter is in a downward spiral — but it’s still one of the few big platforms sex workers can call home. Twitter is in a downward spiral — but it’s still one of the few big platforms sex workers can ...

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The latest Twitter Blue subscriber numbers show that the removal of legacy verification did not drive paid subscriptions. Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images It's been more than a week since ...

Twitter’s verification system debacle has had more twists than a Stephen King novel—fitting, given that the author has been at the center of yet another storm on the platform. A “legacy” verified user ...

The concept of “verified” is different from the concept of “active subscriber,” so this is confusing. But as Josiah Neely points out, that confusion has existed since at least January 2016, long ...

It’s no secret Twitter has had its fair share of shake-ups since Elon Musk acquired the platform in October 2022, but nothing has altered its legacy quite like the latest blue check debacle. Twitter ...