Twitter Removes Blue Tick: From SRK to Virat Kohli, Prompting Hilarious Memes on the Platform
Elon Musk announced on Twitter that all users who had not paid for Twitter Blue would lose their verified blue badges starting April 20. Bollywood stars such as Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, and Alia Bhatt, industrialists Ratan Tata and Anand Mahindra, and politicians like Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Recently, Twitter CEO Elon Musk followed through on his promise to revoke the blue verification tick from some "legacy" verified accounts. This was part of a broader plan to introduce a paid monthly subscription plan for verification. As a result, several high-profile Twitter accounts lost their blue tick, including Bollywood stars such as Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, and Alia Bhatt, industrialists Ratan Tata and Anand Mahindra, and politicians like Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
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Celebrities without Blue tick ???? pic.twitter.com/NmrmKVrQEd
On April 12, Elon Musk announced on Twitter that all users who had not paid for Twitter Blue would lose their verified blue badges starting April 20. Following this announcement, Twitter has begun to remove blue badges, and now verified accounts are displaying a message indicating that the account is verified because the user is subscribed to Twitter Blue and has verified their phone number.
Currently, Twitter Blue is available worldwide for $7 a month if users sign up via a web browser. However, for users who access Twitter through iOS or Android, the cost is $11 via in-app payment. In India, Twitter Blue is priced at Rs 900 per month on iOS and Android and Rs 650 on the web client. Additionally, Twitter offers a discounted yearly plan of Rs 6,500, which translates to approximately Rs 566 per month.
I have a blue tick on my account, whereas the famous Bollywood actor SRK doesn't have one. pic.twitter.com/M03UxcnPjI
— Kratika (@kaleshiaurat) April 20, 2023Musk launched Twitter Blue with the check-mark badge as one of the premium perks within two weeks of the company's takeover last year. However, Twitter's recent move to remove the verified check-mark status of accounts that Twitter had verified as notable before Musk's takeover has caused controversy.Following this announcement, numerous individuals took to Twitter to express their humorous responses.
Take a look at some of the responses below:
Elon Musk after Removing Blue tick from Celeb’s Account:pic.twitter.com/fLMlYxsJDB
— Pulkit???????? (@pulkit5Dx) April 20, 2023Bollywood celebrities without #BlueTick be like ????pic.twitter.com/mMkXWhuuMX
— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) April 20, 2023Virat kohli without Blue tick???? pic.twitter.com/QU96OEUITw
— Arun Singh (@ArunTuThikHoGya) April 20, 2023Today #ElonMusk removed verified #BlueTick of all big Celebrities
no more celebrities ???? everybody equal before twitter????????????????
Twitter blue tick #CivilServicesDay#EidUlFitr #Poonch #ExpertsHighlight
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