Twitter: Identity verification blue ticks disappear this week

Twitter says it will begin removing the blue ticks that accounts received after identity verification on Thursday. A check mark therefore only appears for paying customers of the company.

Twitter’s Verified account says that it will start removing the check marks on Thursday. That has been postponed, because those check marks were supposed to disappear a few weeks ago, but that didn’t happen then. Plus, it would be a largely manual process, as Twitter doesn’t have an automated system to find and remove the checkmarks.

For years, Twitter gave the check to organizations, companies, and individuals it verified, though the process has always been somewhat arbitrary. The purpose of the check mark was to make it clear that it was the real account and not a spoof or fake account. That should increase confidence in Twitter.

That system is gone after removing the check marks. How long that will take is unknown. What remains, is a blue check mark from the 8.47 euros per month Blue subscription, but this does not include verification of identity. This does take place with the gray and gold check marks. Gray check marks are for governments and government officials. Gold is for businesses.

Goodbye blue tick, you will soon be flying away from us