Twitter giveth and Twitter taketh away. On April 19, the social media giant announced that it would be 'removing legacy verified checkmarks' the next day and only Twitter users who subscribed to Twitter Blue at US$8 (S$10.60) a month could have the blue tick next to their names. In the past, celebrities and other public figures had to undergo a...
Twitter giveth and Twitter taketh away.
In the past, celebrities and other public figures had to undergo a verification process to ensure their identities to gain the checkmark, which all changed when Elon Musk took over as Twitter CEO and implemented the Twitter Blue subscription service. @BTS_jp_official and @BTS_bighit, accounts used for official updates, are shown to have subscribed to Twitter Blue."[I bet] $100 on the fact that the blue check mark won't reappear because they've deleted the app and won't pay for Twitter Blue," tweeted a fan.
"BTS when they realise they gotta pay $8 monthly for a blue tick when they could have gotten ramen instead," tweeted another fan with a video of the idols appearing shocked and clapping in slow motion."Y'all please buy BTS albums, they're going shirtless day by day and now they have to pay for the blue tick on Twitter. Help them," joked another fan.
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