The Morning After: Twitter keeps legacy verified blue ticks around, for now

Last week, Twitter said it would start winding down the legacy verified program on April 1st, but over the weekend, that didn't happen, because (according to The Washington Post) unverifying users is a painstaking manual process. Meanwhile, another report indicated around 10,000 of the top-followed sites would retain their legacy checkmarks, even if they didn't subscribe to Twitter Blue. And now, Twitter is displaying the same status for both legacy verified and Twitter Blue subscribers, making it difficult to tell them apart. Twitter said Twitter Blue would cost $1,000 per month for organizations, plus an additional $50 per month for individual affiliates in the US.At the moment, I still have my blue tick, but I am very ready to bid it farewell.– Mat SmithThe Morning After isn’t just a newsletter – it’s also a daily podcast. Get our daily audio briefings, Monday through Friday, by subscribing right here.The biggest stories you might have missed‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’ preview: Cal, we’re home Bravo's ‘Scandoval’ has made Peacock my number-one streaming app Google Drive now caps the number of files you can create These are the astronauts that will fly on NASA's Artemis 2 mission around the MoonParis votes to ban e-scooter rentalsIt was a landslide at 89 percent, but voter turnout was low.Photo by Steve Dent/EngadgetParis residents have dealt a blow to e-scooter rental companies Lime, Tier and Dott, voting in an 89 percent landslide to ban "trotinettes" from streets... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

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