Twitter has finally taken legacy blue checkmarks off the social media platform - almost three weeks after it announced they were being removed. The blue verification marks appeared to have been removed from accounts by around 7.30pm UK time on Thursday (April 20).
It had originally said users would be stripped of blue ticks on April 1 unless they signed up to its paid Twitter Blue subscription. Billionaire owner Elon Musk said last month that users would need to pay the monthly fee of 8 US dollars (£6.40) for the service.
As a result, thousands of the platform’s high-profile users were braced to lose the ticks, which were used to help verify their identity and distinguish them from impostors. The business had confused many by making older verified users indistinguishable from those who have paid for the checkmark.
The legacy blue ticks have remained in place despite the expected removal on April 1. The Washington Post reported last week that efforts to remove legacy blue ticks could take a long time due to what it said were significant manual elements in the process.
While the blue ticks were still in place, legacy verified Twitter accounts had a description which read: “This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account.” Previously, these accounts had messages which read: “This is a legacy verified account. It may or may not be notable.”
