New Delhi: Twitter’s work on canceling legacy verified accounts may finally begin as it has started mass unfollowing and now follows ‘no one’. On the ‘Twitter Verified’ account, the following has dropped a lot as it reaches ‘Zero’. Twitter previously followed about 420,000 legacy verified accounts.
Twitter had earlier warned of shutting down all legacy verified accounts from April 1 and even removing the checkmarks for those who still had but were not paying for Twitter Blue memberships.
But now that Twitter has unfollowed everyone, it is not clear whether Twitter Verified is following them or not.
Earlier, Variety reported that the microblogging site would remove the verified check-mark status of accounts that were verified by Twitter prior to its acquisition of Elon Musk, unless they planned Twitter Blue or business-focused Twitter Verified organizations. Not subscribed.
Only individual Twitter users who will have verified blue checkmarks are paying for Twitter Blue, which costs US$8/month via web and US$11/month via in-app payment on iOS and Android. Month will be
Earlier, the company had announced that Twitter Blue is now available worldwide. Twitter posted from its official handle.
However, Twitter has not revealed how it will deal with the accounts of people who have “notable” mentions on them. For companies and brands, Twitter recently introduced a gold check mark and moved government accounts to a gray check mark.
As previously indicated, membership in the social network’s new Twitter Verified Organizations program in the US — which will be the only way to have a gold or gray check-mark badge — will cost US$1,000/month (plus tax) and USD 1000 each. 50/month (plus taxes) for additional linked sub-account.
Twitter first introduced verified accounts in 2009 to help users identify whether celebrities, politicians, companies and brands, news organizations, and other accounts “of public interest” were real and not fake or parody accounts.
The company did not charge for verification earlier. Musk launched Twitter Blue with the check-mark badge as one of the premium perks within two weeks of acquiring the company.