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Twitter adds new feature to its X Blue subscription; Lets users hide the verification checkmark
2Aug By adminNo Comments
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Twitter adds new feature to its X Blue subscription; Lets users hide the verification checkmark

[ad_1] Elon Musk has been trying to make X (formerly known as Twitter) appealing to advertisers again. In the last few weeks, he has rebranded the company, promised to turn X into an everything app, is working towards bringing a new video feed, started ad revenue sharing for verified users, and is adding new features to its X Blue subscription (formerly Twitter Blue subscription). The latest addition to the stack is a new toggle button that will allow users to show or hide the verification checkmark, which is also known as the ‘blue tick'.A Twitter user posted images from the X Blue settings to showcase the new feature. He said, “The ability to hide your checkmark from X Blue is now live, just popped up for me”. Interestingly, the setting also comes with a message that says “some featur...
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Search still on for alternatives to Musk-owned Twitter
2May By adminNo Comments
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Search still on for alternatives to Musk-owned Twitter

[ad_1] Since Elon Musk took over Twitter in October, users irked by the platform's new regime have vowed to move their online presence elsewhere, though this has proved harder than some had banked on.Here is a list of some of the contenders to dethrone Twitter as the go-to website for the media, officials and celebrities. - Bluesky, Dorsey's Twitter clone -Bluesky was created by Twitter's co-founder Jack Dorsey and is now the talk of Silicon Valley, leaving those in the know scrambling to secure an invite to join the app that is still at the testing phase. The platform looks and feels like Twitter as its backers want users from the Elon Musk-owned site to feel at home, though posts on the app are referred to as "skeets", not tweets.Bluesky was actually created as a Twitter side project ...
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Twitter Blue Checks for Dead Celebrities Add to Verification Confusion
24Apr By adminNo Comments
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Twitter Blue Checks for Dead Celebrities Add to Verification Confusion

[ad_1] Twitter Inc. users already having to navigate a flurry of fake accounts after the removal of legacy blue ticks are noticing more inconsistencies: personalities who have been dead for years supposedly holding paid verification accounts.People were confused after seeing the Twitter profiles of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and National Basketball Association player Kobe Bryant sporting the blue ticks. Bourdain died in 2018, and Bryant in 2020. Twitter's Legacy Blue Checks Are Gone, Stirring Confusion Others were angered by the addition of blue ticks for profiles of people such as prominent journalist and columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in 2018.While an explanation accompanying the ticks said the “account is verified because they are subscribed to Twitter Blue and veri...
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Twitter reinstates blue ticks for some media, celebrities
24Apr By adminNo Comments
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Twitter reinstates blue ticks for some media, celebrities

[ad_1] Twitter's blue ticks were reinstated on some media, celebrity, and other high profile accounts Saturday - a move protested by many of the recipients.Once a free sign of authenticity and fame, blue ticks must now be bought by subscribers for $8 a month, Twitter says. Non-paying accounts that had a blue tick lost it on Thursday, as owner Elon Musk implemented a strategy, dubbed "Twitter Blue", to generate new revenue, announced last year. Only a tiny fraction of blue-ticked users subscribed -- less than 5 percent of the 407,000 profiles affected, according to Travis Brown, a Berlin-based software developer who tracks social-media platforms.But on Friday and Saturday, a number of celebrities regained their blue ticks, seemingly without action on their part, including author Stephen ...
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After Fiasco, Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Relaunch Verified Service Next Week
25Nov By adminNo Comments
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After Fiasco, Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Relaunch Verified Service Next Week

[ad_1] Elon Musk has said Twitter Inc will launch its new Verified services next Friday, after a series of delays and mishaps over fake accounts. Elon Musk has said Twitter Inc will launch its new Verified services next Friday, after a series of delays and mishaps over fake accounts.Twitter had earlier suspended the $8 subscription program to combat a growing problem of users impersonating major brands. Twitter Verified is Musk's attempt to distinguish between different classes of users, and drum up much needed revenue.  Companies will now receive a gold check mark, protecting them from accounts with blue check marks changing their name and photo to that of a brand.During the initial roll out, one account claiming to be Nintendo Inc. posted an image of Super Mario holding up a middle ...
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Musk says Twitter to launch gold, grey checks alongside blue verified mark
25Nov By adminNo Comments
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Musk says Twitter to launch gold, grey checks alongside blue verified mark

[ad_1] CEO Elon Musk has informed that Twitter will roll out verified gold and grey check marks as it relaunches the coveted blue check service next Friday. Twitter will roll out verified gold and grey check marks as it relaunches the coveted blue check service next Friday, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in a tweet, after holding off the rollout earlier this week. "Gold check for companies, grey check for governments, blue for individuals (celebrities or not). Painful, but necessary," Musk said in a tweet. All verified accounts will be manually authenticated before the check is activated, Musk said. "Individuals can have a secondary tiny logo to show they belong to an organization if verified as such by that organization," Musk said in another tweet, adding that he will...
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Elon Musk announces ‘holding off’ relaunch Of Twitter’s Blue verified
22Nov By adminNo Comments
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Elon Musk announces ‘holding off’ relaunch Of Twitter’s Blue verified

[ad_1] Elon Musk stated that Twitter might use different colour checks for organizations and individuals. Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday announced that he is putting on hold the relaunch of Blue verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation. He made the announcement through a tweet.Elon Musk stated that Twitter might use different colour checks for organizations and individuals. Taking to his official Twitter handle, Musk said, "Holding off relaunch of Blue Verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation. Will probably use different color check for organizations than individuals." After taking over the microblogging site, Musk had announced the ability for users to purchase a blue tick verified through Twitter Blue. Despite getting internal warn...
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