Elon Musk's X is now letting Blue subscribers hide their once coveted 'blue checks' as users continue to mock them

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"Power to the people! Blue for $8/month," Musk tweeted when he originally announced the subscription service in November 2022.

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Here's some of the best memes about Elon Musk's Twitter Blue chaos

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Elon Musk at Heidi Klum's 2022 Hallowe'en Party, and a meme.

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Elon Musk appears to troll Twitter users who complain about being given blue checkmarks for free

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Elon Musk owns Twitter.

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Twitter is adding verified check marks to the accounts of dead celebrities, making them look like paid Twitter Blue subscribers

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Twitter Blue users paying $8 to stay verified hit by '#BlockTheBlue' campaign

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Twitter suspended the @BlockTheBlue account.

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An elite soccer player criticized Elon Musk as 'some crazy dude' after Twitter took away his blue checkmark

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Manchester City players Riyad Mahrez and Aymeric Laporte celebrate with the Premier League trophy, while Elon Musk – in Halloween garb – shrugs.
Riyad Mahrez and Aymeric Laporte celebrate winning the Premier League last year, and Elon Musk.

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BTS, one of the biggest celebrity accounts on Twitter, has refused to pay Musk $8 for a blue tick

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Elon Musk and BTS.

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Elon Musk is paying for a few of his favorite celebrities to stay on Twitter Blue, even after they dissed the new blue checks

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Elon Musk controls SpaceX and is the CEO of Twitter.
Elon Musk controls SpaceX and is the CEO of Twitter.

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Twitter users including Justin Bieber, Bill Gates, and Kim Kardashian are seeing their blue checkmarks disappear as Elon Musk charges $8 a month for verified accounts

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Elon Musk's Twitter had said it would remove blue legacy checkmarks on April 20.

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Interest in joining Twitter has plunged after surging when Elon Musk took over last year, Google data shows

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Twitter employees have posted 180 reviews on Blind since Elon Musk took over

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