Celebrities, politicians and sports stars have all lost their blue tick after Elon Musk decided that the micro-blogging site Twitter will only offer the blue tick to the users subscribing to Twitter Blue. Now it seems Twitter has made some exceptions as Twitter users who have over a million followers are also receiving a blue tick for free.
Twitter users with over 1 million followers get blue tick
Twitter user hasanabi said that he got a blue tick but he has no idea how he got the Twitter Blue. His tweet read, "I have no clue how this happened, I absolutely did not buy Twitter Blue." He also added that those who bought it should feel bad as Elon Musk buys it for you if you talk enough.
Rachell Valkyrae Hofstetter the co-owner of 100 Thieves has also received a blue tick, but she said that she hasn't paid for verification or given her number. She Tweeted on Sunday saying, "I didn't pay for verification or verify my number lol... Twitter is lying." Valkyrae on April 21 had said that she was unverified, but now she seems to have gotten the blue tick back.
Other users like Rex Chapman, Cro who is the host of Red Rank Podcast and Jenn McAllister have also received the blue tick without paying for it. All of these users have over one million followers.
Amitabh Bachchan gets his blue tick back
Even celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan have received their verification tick. Amitabh Bachchan has 48.4 million followers and he in his unique way thanked Musk for giving him the blue tick. He in his tweet also said 'Tu cheez badi hai musk musk."
The other celebrities who have received their bklue tick back are Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan and Virat Kohli. Some of the dormant celebrity accounts like Chadwick Boseman, Michael Jackson, Kirstie Alley, Norma Macdonald, Kobe Bryant and John McAfee have also received the Blue tick.
Musk pays for Twitter blue for Stephen King, LeBron James and William Shatner
Elon Musk, the Chief of Twitter, has also paid for the subscription of Stephen King, LeBron James and William Shatner. He also offered to pay for the subscription for American computer scientist, venture capitalist Paul Graham.
Twitter legacy verified mark
The micro-blogging site launched the blue checkmark system in 2009 to help differentiate authentic and notable accounts. However on Thursday Twitter said that it will restrict the 'legacy verified check marks' to those who have paid for it. After this many personalities including Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Bill Gates and Rahul Gandhi have lost their blue tick.
