Very soon, the verified accounts Twitter they will lose their blue badges unless they start paying for it. The website he said that it “will begin to deprecate the legacy verifier and remove the verified marks control legacy” on April 1st.
So it looks like it's time for free verified users to lose their blue badges. The game is dead.
The announcement companys for older verified users came as soon as Twitter Blue subscriptions became available globally.
Before they were only accessible in certain areas, this general mood makes it service accessible to everyone. In addition to the blue tick next to usernames, subscribers will be able to tweet 4.000 characters, edit their posts, and enjoy higher reply ratings.
Expanding the availability of the Twitter Blue subscription is a huge gamble as the company looks to meet Musk's goal of earning half of its revenue from subscriptions. We'll just have to wait and see if there are enough people around the world willing to pay $8 a month (or $11 if paying through the iOS app) for a formerly free service.
