The latest thing to break is the just-introduced $8 monthlyTwitter Blue tier, which includes a shiny'verified' checkmark indistinguishable from the ones that Twitter used. Any accounts that were created before Wednesday, November 9 will not be able to subscribe until further notice.
As of this writing, what may be true as I type these words may not be by the time I finish this sentence. The company will be doing a lot of dumb things in the coming months with an attitude of rapid iteration based on results, according to Musk.
Accounts created after Nov 9 can't sign up for the blue program.
The official account label was a second checkmark that was provided to organizations including news outlets and high-profile individuals who are often imitated for scamming purposes. Just a few hours after it went live, it was canceled.
The block on Blue for new accounts seems to be related to what happened immediately after the blue check was provided.
A number of fake accounts pretending to be celebrities, brands and influential people immediately popped up and made audacious, false claims.
Stopping new accounts from getting the blue check is a temporary solution to prevent some of this kind of impersonation, but it's not clear how the company will prevent it. They will probably try a lot of things in public on the platform and seed what sticks.
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