By Promise Eze
Starting April 1, 2023, Twitter will begin removing legacy verified checkmarks, pushing users who want to maintain their verification badges to sign up for its Blue subscription.
Remember that in November 2022, Elon Musk said he’d remove the “legacy” blue checkmarks issued under Twitter’s previous rules.
Although the verification badges help users confirm the authenticity of individuals on the platform, Musk claimed that they were distributed in a “corrupt and nonsensical” manner.
The announcement may be an effort to make more people subscribe to Twitter Blue, which has reportedly accrued $11 million in mobile subscriptions since its relaunch three months ago.
Twitter has begun rolling out Blue globally and has reduced the 90-day waiting period for new accounts to become eligible for a Twitter Blue subscription to just 30 days.
Also, the microblogging service is reportedly testing the option for users to “show or hide the blue checkmark” in the Twitter Blue users’ verification settings.
