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TWITTER CHECK MARKS, UPDATED
The New Yorker
|March 06, 2023
Twitter launched a new verified program this winter with manual authentication and different-colored check marks for different types of users. The C.E.O., Elon Musk, tweeted, “Gold checks for companies, grey check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not) . . . Painful, but necessary.”
The program has been so successful that Twitter is already upgrading, adding new colors to its verification palette. Choose your shade, and price range!
NEW BLUES!
Teal ($8/month). Account holders may impersonate anyone in their family, apartment building, workplace, health club, church, or H.M.O.
Light, Light, Light Blue ($16.99/ month). Account holders may impersonate any celebrities who have not had a movie or television credit since 1991. (Price includes monthly $8.99 IMDbresearch fee.)
“Blue”
This story is from the March 06, 2023 edition of The New Yorker.
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