X is giving free blue checks to users who have more than 2,500 “verified” followers, which are people who subscribe to X Premium. Popular posters will get a blue check, but not everyone is happy about ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Wednesday night, something odd happened to me on Twitter/X. An alert popped up in my notifications: ...

It’s no secret Twitter has had its fair share of shake-ups since Elon Musk acquired the platform in October 2022, but nothing has altered its legacy quite like the latest blue check debacle. Twitter ...

It appears that Elon Musk has finally (mostly) given up on trying to make paid blue checks on X a thing. This week, X users with large followings were surprised to see that their blue checks — which ...

Why are the former Twitter blue checks back, who is getting them, and how will they shape the ways people using the platform view one another? Many people and businesses that just received these new ...

It appears that Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, has restored blue check marks to popular users overnight — and some of them are taking to the platform to clarify that they didn’t pay for the ...

Elon promised to purge the Twitter Blue checks that refused to pay up. He did that, but he gave a few back, no subscription required. Reading time 4 minutes Twitter users whose accounts bore unpaid ...

Almost a year since blue check marks disappeared from some large, influential accounts on X (formerly Twitter), they have started to return. On Wednesday, some individuals with large followings ...