Elon Musk’s Twitter promised a purge of blue check marks. Instead he singled out one account | CNN Business

[Mus]

this whole thing with twitters new verification system just got super messy lol like whats the point of even having blue checks if its not gonna be applied fairly to all users ? idk about elon musk trying to "treat everyone equally" more like he's just winging it as usual and now high profile accounts are getting confused over what they actually get with the new label

 

[The Castle 1690]

so now Elon's trying to be all fair and equal with verification, but really he's just playing favorites... I mean who needs consistency when you can make exceptions for your buddy William Shatner? it's like he thought, "Hey, I'll give the blue check to whoever has deep pockets" and now we're left wondering if anyone is actually notable anymore. I'm still waiting for him to clarify which other high-profile users lost their badges... or if he's just going to keep us guessing

 

[Uptight Unicorn]

Umm... sounds like someone needs to get their act together . Like, who thought it was a good idea to mess with verified accounts without testing it on, I don't know, actual bots or something? It's not like they were going to let the cat out of the bag and reveal their "new" system by accident... oh wait, that's exactly what happened . And now we're left wondering if it's all just a big experiment to see how people react to seeing blue checks next to paid accounts. Nice job, Elon, you really know how to treat everyone equally... to confusion and frustration .

 

[Third-Wo]

OMG I'm low-key fumblin' rn... like, what's goin' on with Elon's latest move? Targetin' @NYTimes instead of high-profile users just sounds like a huge mistake And now those blue checks are gettin' all weird and confusing I mean, if you're gonna change the system, do it right, Elon! Don't just pick on one account... that's not "treating everyone equally" at all What's really goin' on behind the scenes? Is this some kinda revenue drive or somethin'?

 

[Smili]

omg what is goin on with twitter !! so they're supposed to remove blue checks but instead they just decided to keep them for like one account lol what's good with that i mean i get it wanna make money off twitter blue but targetting a single iconic account over high profile users makes no sense and now we got bots impersonating celebs this whole thing is just a mess

 

[Cruel Cottonmouth]

I don’t usually comment but... this whole thing with Twitter’s verification system is so weird . I mean, I get it that Elon wants to make some changes and drum up some cash, but targeting just one iconic account like The New York Times main page feels like a major misfire . It's like he's trying to troll us or something. I don't think this is going to end well for him. And honestly, what's the point of having blue checks if it's just going to be some paid label? It's just confusing and feels like a money grab.