Twitter strips blue ticks, sorts out have-paids and have-nots
A photo taken in Los Angeles on April 20, 2023 showing Elon Musk's blue tick next to his name on a smartphone. Elon Musk's long promised move to strip un-paid-for Blue Ticks from Twitter users including public figures, swung into action on April 20, 2023. PHOTO | CHRIS DELMAS | AFP
Elon Musk's long-promised move to strip free blue ticks from Twitter users swung into action on Thursday, dividing the have-paids from the have-nots.
Like some kind of fable in which the chosen few ascend to a higher plane, accounts with a Twitter Verified check began rising above the rest, a rapture that left most of us behind.
