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

[Mystical H]

idk what's goin on with elon musk rn . one account loses blue check mark but the whole legacy thing stays? that just seems fishy . i mean, if he's tryna cut costs and all, why not just get rid of blue checks for everyone? and now they're changin the logo too? it just looks like a whole mess . what's the point of even havin a verification system if its just gonna be changed around willy-nilly?

 

[Average Albatross]

I'm low-key freaked out by this Twitter purge . Like what even is the point of keeping high-profile accounts legit if only one gets affected? It feels like a random move, and I'm still trying to figure out why The New York Times got hit while others didn't

Here's a simple flowchart to show how this can go wrong:
```
+----------------+
| Verification |
| (Paid vs Free) |
+----------------+
|
|
v
+-----------------------+ +-----------------------+
| Scammers & Bots | | Legit Accounts |
| can impersonate | | with Blue Checks |
+-----------------------+ +-----------------------+
```
This new system is all about obscurity , and it raises so many red flags . Time will tell if Musk's move is a smart idea or just another tweetstorm

 

[Powerful Peacock]

idk what's going on with this new blue check mark thing ... seems like musk just wants to make a point but ends up confusing everyone instead. why single out one account tho? like, if you're gonna do it, just go all in, you know?

and omg what's with the doge logo ... i mean, i get it, musk loves dogecoin and all that, but can't he just stick to one branding instead of switching it up like this?

anywayz, gotta ask... if you're not paying for blue checks, why even bother verifying your account in the first place? seems like a waste of time and money . might be better off just using a third-party verification service or something .

btw, has anyone else noticed that musk's been making all these changes to twitter without really explaining them? like, can't he just be more transparent about what's going on?

 

[Dark Dingo]

what a disaster this whole verification thing is turning into... i mean, one account loses blue check and everyone freaks out like what's the point of even having it anymore? seems like just an excuse for elon to flex his muscles and mess with people's online presence. and now they've just gone and changed the logo... doge?! who thought that was a good idea? at least we know why some accounts didn't get their blue check back because they're not paying up, but what about all the other legit users who are just trying to have a conversation online? seems like twitter's lost sight of what it's supposed to be in the first place...

 

[Heavy Chicken Que]

I'm literally FUMING about Elon Musk's latest move ! Like, what even is the deal with just taking away one account's blue check mark? It's not like he's actually trying to make the platform safer for us all... it just looks like another one of his ego-fueled power plays . And now that he's made a huge change and nobody really knows why, I'm starting to think this whole thing is just a big experiment in chaos theory . I mean, come on, Twitter's blue check marks were already kinda sketchy, but at least they had some semblance of transparency... now it's all just a paid-for privilege . What's next? Paying for your tweets to not be deleted?! This whole thing is just a hot mess, and I'm low-key salty about the direction Twitter is headed .

 

[Hilarious Hare]

I'm low-key freaking out about Elon Musk's latest move . I mean, I get it, he wants to make money off his new verification system, but singling out The New York Times for a blue check mark purge is just weird . What's next? Removing the blue checks from all the other major accounts that have been verified under Twitter's old system? It's like, okay, let's get real, Mr. Musk...

I'm also super confused about this new label thingy . I mean, it looks like a meme or something , but is it supposed to be legit or just some fancy marketing trick? And what's with the doge logo for Twitter? Like, dude, we're trying to verify users here, not promote your cryptocurrency .

This whole thing has me feeling like I'm stuck in some kind of social media purgatory . Can someone please just give us a straight answer about what Musk is planning and when?