Twitter bug allows formerly verified users to bring back blue check free of charge
thefader.comLast month Elon Musk called time on what he has been calling "legacy verified users," meaning anyone that wanted a blue check mark on their account would have to subscribe to Twitter Blue and pay $8 a month for the pleasure.
The uptake hasn't exactly been overwhelming, with TechCrunch reporting that the relaunched subscription service made just $11M on mobile in its first 3 months.
Many celebrities remain unverified, too. Some, including LeBron James and Stephen King, were given verified status on behalf of Musk himself.
Something that left many confused and promising their followers they didn't do themselves. If the stigma of having a blue check mark next to your name isn't too off-putting, however, Twitter user Ali Segel has revealed a hack that, at the time of writing, returns the badge to formerly verified legacy users free of cost..
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