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the american newspaper The New York Times lost twitter verified account badge. The change is a promise from the social network itself for April 1st, but which seems to be moving slowly along the path of keeping the badge only for those who pay for the badge.
During the second half of March, Twitter released a message warning about a drastic change in the badge policy for verified accounts. “On April 1st, we will begin ending our legacy Verified Accounts program and removing the badge. To maintain the blue badge on Twitter, individuals can subscribe to Twitter Blue.
The first of April arrived, until then practically no account with the previously conquered seal lost the visa that guarantees the authenticity of the content and the source, but this Sunday (2) the American newspaper The New York Times dawned without the blue emblem.
On the same day, Elon Musk, took advantage of the change already in place to make negative comments against the The New York Times. “The real tragedy of The New York Times is that their propaganda is not even interesting”, said the executive.
Other vehicles remain verified on Twitter
As of the publication of this article, other media outlets continue to have the verified Twitter account badge. Be the badge in its blue color, or else in the yellow version. The first template comes with text saying “This is a pre-existing verified account. It may or may not be a well-known person,” while the second reads “This account is verified because it is an official organization on Twitter.”
There is also a third seal option, in gray. In this case, it indicates that the profile has been authenticated as part of an organization, governmental or multilateral authority.
Twitter Blue is just a proof of payment
Twitter has grown and gained success as a social network for being able to distinguish accounts from real people, from those created for fun or misinformation. All this happened with the help of the blue seal, which when Elon Musk took over the company, changed it to Twitter Blue.
According to the social network itself, to have the blue seal it is enough for the user to subscribe to one of the proposed plans. They are separated by individuals and companies, the first with amounts of BRL 42 per month or BRL 440 per year if the subscription is made via the web – BRL 60 and BRL 629 to complete the payment via cell phone.
For companies, the badge costs R$5,300 and each employee can receive the same badge, as long as the company pays R$260 per user. In both cases the payment is monthly.
The point that makes the blue seal lose its value to identify official sources involves the business model itself. “Accounts that receive the Twitter Blue badge will not undergo a review to confirm that they meet the activity, notability and authenticity criteria that were used in the previous process,” Twitter says in its statement. support page.
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