Twitter largely took away blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts yesterday, but Stephen King, William Shatner, and LeBron James' checkmarks remained.
It didn’t take long for Twitter sleuths, and reporters covering the blue check drama, to figure out who the other Twitter Blue subscriptions Musk was paying for. The famedactor Shatner sent Musk a cryptic tweet saying, “Thank you, I accept. 👍🏻,” and maintained his blue checkmark.for all but paying customers and said in March he would go “blueless.” Twitter’s previous management gave out blue checkmarks for free to notable figures whose identity it had verified.
. Unlike King and Shatner, James didn’t tweet about the fact he still had a blue checkmark. However, James’ longtime media advisor toldThe outlet reported that Twitter had sent James an email which stated the company would “extend a complimentary subscription to Twitter Blue for your account, @kingjames, on behalf of Elon Musk.” MuskAdvertisement
While maintaining the blue checkmarks of some Twitter Blue’s biggest haters, thereby casting doubt on whether they were really paying, might have been a good move, Musk flat out saying that he’s paying for their checkmarks is just lame. It’s like forcing the cool kids in high school to sit at your table even though it’s clear they don’t want to be there. Furthermore, even though they’re at your table, it doesn’t mean you’re suddenly cool, too.
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