Since Elon Musk bought Twitter there have been many changes, many of which have made its users angry. Musk has even earned thousands of detractors and today he took advantage of Twitter’s new change to troll them.
As we told you, Twitter would eliminate traditional account verification, so thousands of people who won the iconic blue dot today lost it. Only people who pay for Twitter Blue were able to keep or get it.
Many people and even celebrities did not agree with this measure imposed by Elon Musk and raised their voices. Such is the case of the writer Stephen King, the basketball player LeBron James, the rapper ICE T and the actor and producer William Shatner.
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We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022
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Twitter mocked Stephen King and more celebrities
Today Twitter’s legacy verification system came to an end, so thousands of users lost the blue tick because they refused to pay for the Twitter Blue subscription, which has already come into effect.
Taking into account that the celebrities mentioned are detractors of Twitter Blue, anyone would think that they would lose the blue tick after several years of having it, but it was not like that… what happened?
“My Twitter account says I’ve signed up for Twitter Blue. I haven’t,” King clarified. “My Twitter account says I’ve given a phone number. I haven’t.”
Obviously and true to his thoughts, none of the 4 celebrities paid for Twitter Blue, but Elon Musk was responsible for not losing the symbol.
My Twitter account says I’ve subscribed to Twitter Blue. I haven’t.
My Twitter account says I’ve given a phone number. I haven’t.— Stephen King (@StephenKing) April 20, 2023
Hey. Maybe it’ll disappear soon.. Fit it.
— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) April 20, 2023
The fact that we’re even discussing Blue Check marks is a Sad moment in society. smh lol.
— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) April 20, 2023
Twitter has kept the checkmarks for celebs who publicly criticized Twitter Blue and Elon Musk
• Lebron James
•William Shatner
• Stephen King
• ICETSeems like it was done to set them up to be trolled by users who think they paid for it pic.twitter.com/rNzOLDZfKQ
— From the Drafts ? (@fromthedraftsco) April 20, 2023
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Apparently, the tycoon took advantage of the change to make dissatisfied celebrities keep the blue tick without paying, perhaps as a way of trolling so that his followers and the entire Internet would think that they had paid for Twitter Blue, thus contradicting his philosophy against Twitter. new system.
Later, Musk not only responded to King with “you’re welcome, namaste”, but confirmed that he is paying for the subscription of some “personally”. It is important to mention that users, despite not accepting, received an email from Twitter informing them that they received a “Twitter Blue add-on extension” as “courtesy of Elon Musk” (via The Verge).
You’re welcome namaste ?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2023
I’m paying for a few personally
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2023
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