Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

News

Twitter Adding “Grey” Checkmarks Alongside Paid Blue Checkmark

Twitter
Picture: @esthercrawford (Twitter)

Twitter has announced a new, non-paid grey verification checkmark in addition to the $8 per month “blue checkmark”. The blue checkmark will soon be available to everyone with Twitter Blue.

Esther Crawford confirmed that this new “official” badge will replace the current blue checkmark. Before this, the function of the blue checkmark is to denote whether an account was official or of public interest.

It seems that not all profiles marked with a blue checkmark will be upgraded to “official.” In addition, this new label seems to perform what the blue checkmark does now, before the latter becomes a premium service.

This new “official” badge will be given to accounts belonging to “government agencies, commercial enterprises, business partners, significant media organisations, publishers, and select public personalities.”

Twitter Blue costs $8 per month and grants subscribers a blue checkmark. Not only that, they will also have access to certain services only avalaible to them.

Twitter Blue users get preferential treatment in responses, mentions, and searches. Moreover, they can also publish longer audio and video with fewer ads.

Initially there were reports of a $20 monthly fee for the blue mark after Elon Musk’s successfully closed the $44 billion bid to take up Twitter. Musk defended the charge on the platform and later revealed that the monthly price will be $8.

Source: IGN, Esther Crawford

You May Also Like

Lifestyle

In less than a week, we will be welcomed with the holy month of Ramadhan. Most restaurants will pause their operation during the daylight...

Lifestyle

The month of barakah is just around the corner. We’re about to welcome the holy Ramadhan again this year next Thursday (Insyaallah)! You know...

Travel

To anyone who loves travelling overseas, one of their concerns is the flight tickets. As the currency for every country differs from Malaysia, the...

Lifestyle

You can have as many friends as you want. However, not all of them are there when you’re in need. For example, if you’re...

Advertisement

Copyright © 2021 Siakap Keli Sdn. Bhd.