Commentary The Bible says, “Thou shall not covet,” but for years I secretly coveted something many had: Twitter’s blue check mark. I know it sounds silly, but I longed to be verified. When I started Twitter, I didn’t care; but at some point I realized verification would boost my “personal brand,” which would lead to…

Elon Musk said he’s personally paying the legacy blue checkmarks for a few celebrities who previously complained about buying the premium service championed by the new Twitter owner. On April 20, Musk kept true to his longtime promise, and celebrities, and many others who’d been verified for free but declined to sign up for Twitter’s Blue…

Twitter has pulled the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times after the newspaper said it would not pay a monthly subscription, as the social networking service began to remove legacy check marks for all users on the platform. Late last month, the Elon Musk-owned company announced a deadline as…

Elon Musk said Twitter is postponing its relaunch of the Twitter Blue verified checkmark service from Nov. 29 to Dec. 2, adding that the social media platform will also be rolling out gold and grey checks and that all verified marks will be manually authenticated. “Gold check for companies, grey check for governments, blue for…

Elon Musk said that Twitter Blue, the platform’s $8 blue check subscription service, will likely be back at the end of this week after the company put the service on ice last week after a wave of blue check accounts impersonating big brands posted controversial content. A number of users reported at the end of…

Twitter on Nov. 5 launched a monthly subscription service dubbed “Twitter Blue.” The first major product update since Elon Musk bought the California-based company, Twitter Blue was being offered to certain users for $4.99 a month and to others at $7.99 a month. The subscription gives people “exclusive benefits,” prospective subscribers were told, including early…