Twitter goes back and returns the seal of even dead celebrities – 04/24/2023 – #Hashtag

In yet another confusion, Twitter recovered the blue seal from some accounts on the social network, a day after taking down the badge of thousands of users and defining that only paying users would be entitled to the feature.

The movement affects users who did not request or pay for the seal, as well as profiles of dead celebrities such as Paulo Gustavo, Marília Mendonça and Gal Costa. When clicking on the symbol, the platform displays a message stating that the accounts have been verified because they signed up for Twitter Blue and had their phone numbers checked.

questioned by #Hashtag whether they had subscribed to the service, the artists’ teams did not respond by the time of publication. The profiles of Chadwick Boseman, star of the “Black Panther” franchise, and basketball player Kobe Bryant, both deceased in 2022, are among dozens of other examples of distinguished accounts that have had the symbol redeemed. Some of them do not record recent activity.

The most popular hypothesis among users is that the platform is redeeming the badge of those who have a million followers – which is consistent with the characteristics of the aforementioned accounts.

Twitter, however, did not release official explanations for the changes, either on the platform’s networks or on Elon Musk’s profile, where the tycoon usually releases updates. Reached through its global press office email, the company did not respond.

According to the rules established by the network, as of April 20th, anyone who wanted to keep the icon should pay a subscription with amounts starting at R$42. For companies, the monthly fee would be US$1,000 (the equivalent of R$5,233 ).

The return of verification on some famous and media profiles began to be noticed this Saturday (22). Felipe Neto, who has 16 million followers and is critical of Twitter Blue, received the seal back, according to him, even without having done anything. He said the initiative was a way to “encourage more people to pay”.

“Elon Musk not only came back with verification from thousands of relevant people on Twitter,” he wrote, “he put up a notice as if everyone had subscribed to Twitter Blue, to encourage more people to pay. It’s cheating, pure and simple. “

The influencer accused the platform of counterfeiting and, after a few days, had the symbol removed again. The report sought out Neto to find out how the second removal took place, but has not yet received a response.

STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes was also described as a subscriber to the platform’s service and displays the blue seal on his official account.

Interlocutors of the magistrate told Metrópoles, however, that Moraes doesn’t even know what Twitter Blue is.

He is the only one among the Supreme Court ministers present on the network to have his account verified – and the only one with more than one million followers.

Other users reported having recovered the icon even without paying. In common, they all have more than a million followers.

Musk tweeted last week that he was personally paying for subscriptions to some distinguished users, even without consent. Among them basketball player Lebron James and writer Stephen King. In response, King stated that the tycoon should donate the value of the stamp to charity.

Highly unpopular, the paid version of the social network is being resisted for charging too much for features that were previously free and for fostering the growth of fake accounts on the network. Blue icons, for example, have been the target of boycotts through the hashtag #BlockTheBlue. Users fear the impression that they are supporting network changes.

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