Kevin McGarry is reflecting on one plot point in particular on Hallmark Channel’s When Calls the Heart.
04.04.2024 - 04:45 / deadline.com
It has been said that one should never look a gift horse in the mouth. Evidently, many X followers don’t support that axiom, as they are up in arms about receiving a free blue checkmark from the service.
X is doling out free Premium and Premium memberships to accounts with a high number of verified followers. Elon Musk announced the program on March 27, but it’s just now being implemented.
Premium or Premium Plus (normally $8 or $16 per month) is being given away to accounts with at least 2,500 “Verified subscriber” followers (5,000 for Plus) that presumably also pay for access.
Multiple X users on Wednesday reported seeing the blue “Verified” checkmark next to their handles, despite not paying for either paid X subscription tier.
Once given to celebrities and others in the public eye, the checkmarks went away for some after paid verification was rolled out.
Now, it appears that many influential X accounts are once again check-marked, or will be, whether they like it or not.
X users gifted verification under the latest scheme received the following message, according to a screenshot by Peter Kafka of Business Insider.
Loved The Wire. Bro you have a bluecheck too! I got it automatically because I have 1M+ followers, which was rolled in before the current generation. I'm just not trying to gain clout by complaining about it. https://t.co/oVMSOpRX2b
What happened? I didn’t pay for this. I would NEVER pay for this.
When did the Blue Check mark start getting passed around again?!
Kevin McGarry is reflecting on one plot point in particular on Hallmark Channel’s When Calls the Heart.
Worlds are colliding!
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