‘Gray Tick’ Coming to Real Verified Accounts on Twitter

The first change in Twitter, which is preparing for radical changes with the coming to power of Elon Musk, will be the monthly fee for the blue tick badge. While the new application was briefly activated and withdrawn in the past few days, today it is removed from the application. news that will start a discussion came.

Esther Crawford, head of the Twitter Blue section, added to the blue tick badge in her post. gray tick badge will be brought explained. This new badge will be awarded to selected accounts of governments, companies, and social figures such as politicians, influencers or celebrities.

Esther Crawford’s announcement:

“Many people have asked how you can distinguish between Twitter Blue subscribers with a blue tick and officially verified accounts, so when we launch the app, we are introducing the “Official” hashtag for selected accounts.”

“Not all previously verified accounts will receive the ‘Official’ tag and tags cannot be purchased. Accounts receivable include government accounts, commercial companies, business partners, major media outlets, broadcasters, and some public figures.”

“The new Twitter Blue does not include authentication. The service is an optional paid subscription with a blue checkmark and access to certain features. We will continue to experiment with ways to differentiate between account types.”

So why is such a thing being done?

The new gray tick badge will distinguish between those who actually donated money to Twitter and switched to a verified account, and today’s ‘real’ verified accounts. Because the blue tick is now the one who pays Twitter by anyone for any account can be purchased. So this badge will now only show that a user has paid Twitter.

The gray tick badge has the same requirements as today’s accounts with blue ticks. These accounts real accounts verified with documents and it will only be in important people and organizations.

But there are also some risks:

The gray tick will not be given to all users who have a blue tick today. Here, too, things get mixed up. Anyone who gives money to Twitter An impersonating account will be able to receive a blue tick approval. At the same time, The account that really belongs to this person will also have a blue tick confirmation. Therefore, users will now have a harder time distinguishing between real and fake accounts.

Twitter has not yet announced the action it will take in this regard.