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Elon Musk’s X to stop allowing users to hide their blue checks - Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto)
X will soo... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2016878 #twitterverified #bluecheckmark #socialmedia #bluetick #elonmusk #xpremium #twitter #policy #x
Ars Technica · Elon Musk’s X to stop allowing users to hide their blue checksX previously promised to "evolve" the "hide your checkmark" feature.
#elonmusk #x #Hezbollah #terrorists #bluecheckmark
“Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, granted subscription perks to designated terrorist groups and others barred from operating in the US, according to campaigners.
The Tech Transparency Project (TTP) found X had granted blue check marks to accounts tied to Hezbollah members, among others.
For $8 (£6.40) a month, a tick allows longer posts and better promotion.
X removed some ticks after the report, saying its security was "robust".
BBC News · X accused of taking payments from terrorists - BBC NewsCampaigners at the Tech Transparency Project in the US found paid-for features for organisations.
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30) In a true sign of #ElonMusk's sucess in monitizing #Twitter's blue checkmark, some poor coding creature was charged with making said checkmark hideable
The old #BlueCheckmark has come a long way in 10 months. What was once and indicator of authenticity and influence has now degraded into what exactly?
Please fill in the blank:
The X Blue Checkmark signifies ________
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/2/23816924/twitter-x-blue-subscribers-hide-blue-check-option
The Verge · Twitter Blue subscribers can now hide their blue checks
Embarrassed about paying Musk for Twitter Blue? You can hide the checkmark now - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto)
Twitter's subscripti... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1958311 #bluecheckmark #twitter #policy #x
Ars TechnicaEmbarrassed about paying Musk for Twitter Blue? You can hide the checkmark nowFrom verification symbol to source of shame: Paying users can hide blue checks.
Twitter Blue subscribers can now hide their blue checks | #TheVerge
#TwitterBlue, which #ElonMusk is currently rebranding to €X Blue, now includes the option to hide the notorious #BlueCheckmark. Twitter Blue subscribers recently started noticing the “hide your blue checkmark” option on the web and in mobile apps, offering the ability to hide that they’re paying for #Twitter and avoid memes about how “this mf paid for twitter.”
#XCorp #TwitterTakeover #BlueCheck
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/2/23816924/twitter-x-blue-subscribers-hide-blue-check-option
The Verge · Twitter Blue subscribers can now hide their blue checks
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Dem Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, a Black woman, called out GOP Rep. Eli Crane for his use of the term "colored people" while he attempted to defend the amendment during a floor debate in the House this Thursday. #EliCrane
https://crooksandliars.com/2023/07/gop-rep-pretends-racist-defense-bill
I captioned this & asked @Karoli to put it up since I didn't want #Twitter to get all the hits followed by #BlueCheckmark #racist trolls "Just asking questions" Like "What about the NAACP?"
I answered them here:
https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Ask+NAACP+President+Rev.+William+Barber+Why+doesn%27t+the+NAACP+change+its+name%3F&l=1
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@jremsikjr Not sure I’d want to be associated with a #BlueCheckMark these days given the level of bile surging through #Twitter these days. To some degree, subscribing to this service is endorsing #racism, #homophobia etc
How to Build (And Destroy) a #SocialNetwork
Status means everything to platforms like #Twitter and Facebook. But contrary to what #ElonMusk thinks, it doesn’t come from a #BlueCheckmark.
"#TwitterBlue may be boneheaded as a revenue scheme, but it excels as a case study in how grappling for status can ruin a social network."
#TwitterTakeover #SocialMedia #BlueCheck #BlockTheBlue #BlueSky
With all the stink over the #BlueCheckMark, it seems like a good time to share this T-shirt design again.
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/122246616
"When the Auschwitz Museum is having to issue a public statement saying that they didn’t pay for #TwitterBlue, it’s probably time for some deep self-reflection about what you’re doing.
Oh and now that advertisers have to subscribe to #Twitter Blue to advertise, any extension that blocks Twitter Blue users will also probably block most ads. The business genius has another excellent idea."
#ElonMusk #BlockTheBlue #BlueCheckmark
https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-business-genius-has-another-excellent
>Read to the end for a chill cat
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lol @tazgetroete
a bit crossposting on #bluecheckmark chaos 
https://twitter.com/tazgezwitscher/status/1650460025725366277?t=XvJsRMTyGv5nu51JTyssSQ&s=19
Twittertaz on Twitter“Kaum jemand will mehr einen blauen Haken auf Twitter haben, nichtmal geschenkt. Promis dementieren, gezahlt zu haben, versuchen ihn wieder loszuwerden. User*innen blockieren/ #BlockTheBlue.
Weil es so unterhaltsam ist, hier ein Sammelthread. Gerne vervollständigen.”
Es bleibt dabei: Ich zahle nicht!
#blauerhaken #BlueCheckMark
I was wrong about the #BlueCheckMark... I thought that they were essentially worthless now and that gold and grey checkmarks were the new 'actually verified.'
But according to this gold-verified 'DisneyJuniorUK' account on #Twitter that appears to not be the case... they're all worthless now.
CW for the archive link, racism:
https://archive.is/4YVq0
Imagine being proud of a #BlueCheckMark 
Tried out @trunksapp for #Mastodon on #Android + #Browser, and I really like it. Cool new stuff, like showing only posts, boosts or replies; showing only not-read-posts and especially the green checkmark for verified accounts (#BlueCheckmark anyone). Will keep an eye on it.
@elk stays Nr.1, slightly in front of @phanpy for reading and interacting, @apps for posting links.
And you? What app/client should everyone know?
#mastotips #mastotip
#Twitter Users With a Million Followers Are Getting 'Paid' Blue Checks, Like It or Not
“Wait I’m crying they’re giving them for punishment now,” Chrissy #Teigen tweeted.
[...]
"Disturbingly, accounts from people who are" dead — including Anthony #Bourdain, Chadwick #Boseman, and Kobe #Bryant — have also received the paid blue checks, obviously without being able to consent."
#TwitterTakeover #ElonMusk #SocialMedia #BlueCheckMark #TwitterBlue
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一部、著名人アカウントの青マークが勝手に復活されてるとの件、ニール・ゲイマンが被害にあってるね。私が添付のキャプチャ画像のツイートをリツイート氏たときには、今、なぜか復活している #BlueCheckMark は取り去られていた。
Yes, there WAS life before Twitter! Not even 20 years ago!
I hope that NYC government and The Vatican haven’t capitulated to this charlatan’s blackmail.
Just freaking leave!
“By Friday morning, the city's verification had been restored with a gray check mark. The same had occurred with Pope Francis, who had also lost his blue check mark Thursday.”
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/04/21/tech/twitter-verification-chaos/index.html