There is big news for Twitter Blue Tick users. Twitter CEO Elon Musk has informed that, starting from this date, blue ticks will be removed from the accounts of verified blue tick holders on this micro-blogging website. This step of his may cause disappointment to the blue tick users of Twitter.
Elon Musk has said in a tweet that on April 20, the blue tick will be removed from the legacy blue tick mark, i.e., verified accounts on Twitter. In a recent tweet, he said that “the legacy blue checkmarks will be removed from April 20.”
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20</p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=”https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1645863107175284738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>April 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
From April 20, the blue tick will be removed from the accounts of users with the blue tick checkmark, and only those users who are members of Twitter Blue will be able to keep it. If you want to retain Blue Tick for your Twitter account, then you have to take out a membership with Twitter Blue.
The process of giving Twitter the Blue Tick Mark started in 2009.
In the year 2009, Twitter started giving out the blue tick mark, and through this, the blue tick was given to the verified accounts of celebrities like political leaders, celebrities, etc. Although the company did not charge for Blue Tick earlier, as soon as Elon Musk became the owner of Twitter, he announced that he would charge a fee for this service.
Users will have to pay to retain Blue Tick.
Recently, Elon Musk removed the iconic blue bird from the Twitter logo and replaced it with a dog logo, and users were surprised by his move. Since becoming the owner of Twitter, Elon Musk is constantly making new decisions regarding the company. As soon as he became the owner of Twitter, he announced the system of collecting payment from Blue Tick users. Since then, speculation has been made as to when the blue ticks would be removed from the accounts of Twitter’s legacy blue tick users. Now Elon Musk has announced its date.
