O Twitter is testing an option to allow subscribers of the Twitter Blue hide the controversial social network verification badge from their profiles. This seal, it is worth remembering, has undergone drastic changes since the platform was purchased by billionaire Elon Musk.
Identified by developer Alessandro Paluzzi, the novelty is a new menu for Twitter’s verification system. Through it, the user can not only hide his seal but also verify his identity using some type of document issued by the government.
At the moment, the infamous blue seal serves to identify both verified users before the launch of the new Twitter Blue and people who are actually paying to have access to a greater number of resources on the social network. As of April 1, however, the badge will be exclusive to subscribers, ending this ambiguity.
In Brazil, if subscribed via the web, Twitter Blue goes out via BRL 42 per month or BRL 440 per year. Subscribers to the service can edit tweets, publish longer videos and publish texts with up to 4,000 characters.
The Twitter Blue verification badge, as well as profile pictures with NFTsNon-fungible tokenor non-fungible token.”>1, ended up becoming a joke among users of the platform commanded by Musk in recent months. Memes and tweets mocking program subscribers can be found quite easily when browsing the social network feed.
Therefore, it is possible that Twitter is working on the possibility of hiding the verification seal precisely to free its users from the social pressure that accompanies Twitter Blue. As noted by TechCrunchthe program was able to move “only” $11 million within its first three months of life, and allowing the verification seal to be hidden may help to increase interest in the program.
via The Verge