Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking/trending news blogger for MSNBC Digital. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.
When Elon Musk brought back the blue check mark to some X accounts for free this week, users balked. The owner of X, formerly Twitter, announced last week that accounts with a certain number of verified followers would start getting Premium and Premium+ features for free, including a blue check mark. But when X rolled out those free memberships, some users were annoyed that the blue ticks had been involuntarily conferred upon them.
Before he took over the company, the blue check mark helped users identify legitimate news sources, government accounts and public figures. But Musk criticized the verification system and restored what he called “power to the people” through an $8 monthly subscription. In doing so, Musk did away with one of the platform’s most valuable features and replaced it with a system whereby users essentially pay money for the site to boost their posts.
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