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- Twitter is hiding who paid for a blue check mark, now noting that the account is simply "verified."
- The old blue check mark message said the user had "subscribed to Twitter Blue."
- CEO Elon Musk's plan for a social media subscription service has had an embarrassing rollout.
Twitter really doesn't want you to know who paid for a blue check mark.
Elon Musk's social media app is now hiding who paid for its derided Twitter Blue service.
The new notes — spotted by Dexerto's account on Tuesday night — simply say: "This account is verified."
The old message said accounts had "subscribed to Twitter Blue and verified their phone number."
Twitter Blue rollout hasn't gone as smoothly as planned, as users have continued to poke fun at Musk's plans and make insult blue-checked accounts for paying $8 a month for their check mark.
When Musk removed the verification of any accounts that weren't subscribed to Twitter Blue late last month, he still kept some celebrity accounts — such as Lebron James — verified, even if they weren't paying for the check.
Twitter also applied blue check marks to accounts of famous dead people, saying they were Twitter Blue subscribers even though they were very much deceased.
Celebs like Chadwick Boseman, Michael Jackson, and Anthony Bourdain got posthumous checks.
As the blue check mark lost its luster, verified power users quickly tried to distance themselves from Musk's push for Blue subscriptions. Celebrities like actress Lili Reinhart and Stephen King specifically made clear they weren't paying Musk anything, despite staying verified.
Musk later wrote that he was paying for some celebrities' subscriptions to his unwanted service.