Elon Musk stuck to his word. Celebrities who won’t pay the $7 a month lose their blue check. It seems a lot of elitists with blue checks won’t pay up.
“On Twitter 1.0, the blue check system served as a de facto caste system. Now it’s an honest way to pay for the edit button and better protection vs. impersonation, rather than a symbol of status,” Dr. Jay Battacharya tweeted.
Awe looks who’s upset she lost her blue check mark
No worries Alyssa, if someone impersonates you, there’s a reporting feature for that. I have my doubts anyone wants to pretend to be you. They’d look like a raging woke triggered liberal pic.twitter.com/JfjNAwDOjY
— (@CB618444) April 21, 2023
Melodramatic Morning Joe talks of the heartache this will bring. Dead migrants at the border, looming WWIII, trans killers, none of that causes a stir, but this…this…removing a blue check causes HEARTACHE.
Morning Joe Loses It Over @ElonMusk‘s Twitter Blue Check System: “It’s just absolute chaos…This is going to cause a lot of heartache.”
Well, you can always pay the $8 for Twitter Blue. pic.twitter.com/Ir8AxlFzP5
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 21, 2023
“Just absolute chaos…especially government agencies…a lot of heartache…a lot of hardship…and how about democracy, ” says the Joe and Mika duo.
I have an idea – Pay the lousy $7 a month? They’re cheap and entitled!
Morning Joe Loses It Over @ElonMusk‘s Twitter Blue Check System: “It’s just absolute chaos…This is going to cause a lot of heartache.”
Well, you can always pay the $8 for Twitter Blue. pic.twitter.com/Ir8AxlFzP5
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 21, 2023
Here’s a good reason to not have a blue check:
The fact that you had a Legacy Blue Check is exactly why Elon Musk is removing them 🤣 https://t.co/kAWihfrOsE pic.twitter.com/ptC8cv3iee
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) April 20, 2023
Funny thing about the $8 for verified blue checks is that the right is happy to pay while prominent leftists refuse because they hate free speech and @elonmusk but accounts with blue checks are favored by the algorithm so less people will see their leftist tweets now. Genius. 😂 https://t.co/KyMxjLxDna
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) April 21, 2023
Hey Hillary…… “What Happened”…..to your blue check verification? 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/4goptkqhSK
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) April 21, 2023
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For almost 20 years I have used the handle GuvGeek. I used to work in Government and for Government Contractors. Using my real name could be construed as I was talking for the Government. It could make me more enemies in the Government since my politics has be said to be to the right of Rush Limbaugh during the Obama Administration.
Twitter doesn’t seem to want to do away with handles, but wants to be able to Fact Check Sources that could potentially be foreign propaganda mascaraing as a well known sources.
Since I use a handle, you should take anything I say with a grain of salt, they are my OPINIONS and most cases information I have collected from sources I consider valid, but I don’t do deep dives into sources. GuvGeek is not a credible vetted source and I don’t care since it’s just my two cents.
The problem on Twitter is the Elites who want to be seen as credible and vetted sources. To be a Credible Source, there needs to be a certification, a verification process, and fact checking oversight. This would require resources and less than $10 a money to pay for this is more than reasonable. The only thing I would add is total Followers and the Certified “Blue” Followers since this would help distinguish real people and BOTs following the Elite People.
I suspect what the Elite really wanted is a Stamp of Approval without the Oversight! Over the years, I have watched Liberal Politicians and Government Officials post blatantly false information on Twitter and no one fact checked them.