When Elon Musk first announced that Twitter would start charging for verification, he said the company’s old “lords and peasants” formula was “. “and accounts with more than one million followers. Users who got verified but said they didn’t pay for the service come with Neil Gaiman, actor Ron Perlman, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Twitter comedian.
“For the curious, I’m not a Twitter Blue fan,” editor Neil Gaiman tweeted Sunday afternoon. “I didn’t give my phone number to anyone. What an unhappy position it has become. Other celebrities have expressed similar sentiments. “Ah, they gave them to me. I’m screwed,” Dril wrote, before wasting his checkmark, allegedly because Paul Dochney, the editor managing the account, repositioned the drill demo call to “Woke’s slave. “
It’s unclear how many Twitter users have verified twice in this way. On Friday, Musk claimed he “personally” paid for some celebrities’ Blue Twitter subscription, adding LeBron James and Stephen King. In addition, accounts that once belonged to Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant and Anthony Bourdain, celebrities who died long before Musk took over Twitter, were also verified again over the weekend. The same message appears if you click one of the blue check marks related to those accounts. “This account is verified because they adhere to Twitter Blue and have verified their phone number. “
It’s unclear if anyone paid to find out those accounts or if Twitter gave them blue checks to lose. Twitter doesn’t have any PR branches that Engadget can tap to comment on. Naturally, many of those who received their brand to lose are dissatisfied that Twitter suggests they paid for Twitter Blue. , which constitutes a false approval in the United States.