The blue check mark is being turned into a symbol that indicates you paid $8 for Musk. If anyone with a spare $8 and a fragile ego can be verified, then the symbol is meaningless, paving the way for troll jokes. A separate form of user verification than the blue check is being introduced by the social networking site.
A lot of folks have asked about how you'll be able to distinguish between @TwitterBlue subscribers with blue checkmarks and accounts that are verified as official, which is why we’re introducing the “Official" label to select accounts when we launch. pic.twitter.com/0p2Ae5nWpO
— Esther Crawford
(@esthercrawford) November 8, 2022
Esther Crawford said that not all verified accounts will have the official label. Major media outlets, publishers and some public figures are included in the accounts that will receive it.
The official badges should not be confusing for over 200 million people who log onto the bird app each day.
Crawford said that the new Twitter Blue does not include ID verification and that it is an opt-in, paid subscription that offers a blue checkmark. We will try to differentiate between account types.
Less than a week ago, Nima Owji spotted this feature in the development of the app.
The new system was supposed to be rolled out on Monday. The launch was delayed until after the U.S. mid-term elections to curb abuse. The move was reportedly aimed at limiting the potential backlash of verified users pretending to be political figures or news outlets.
It is difficult to educate over 200 million daily users about a new feature that will fundamentally change the way they identify and consume news on a platform that they have been using for over a decade. Despite the company's mass layoffs, the core moderation capabilities remain in place according to the head of safety and integrity.
Twitter to delay verification check mark rollout until after US midterm elections
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