On 20 April 2023, Twitter began removing the blue ticks which showed that the account was verified by the service and belonged to its owner. Elon Musk decided to drop them because the way they were obtained was corrupt and meaningless .
Published June 3, 2021
Andrew Hutchinson
Content and Social Media Manager
You ve seen it in testing, and now it s here, with Twitter officially launching its new Twitter Blue subscription service, which will enable users to pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of additional tweet features and tools.
As explained by Twitter: We’ve heard from the people that use Twitter a lot, and we mean a lot, that we don’t always build power features that meet their needs. We took this feedback to heart, and are developing and iterating upon a solution that will give the people who use Twitter the most what they are looking for: access to exclusive features and perks that will take their experience on Twitter to the next level.