X, formerly Twitter, now lets paid users hide their checkmarks
Social media company X (formerly Twitter) now allows paid users to hide their verification checkmarks.
Key points:
- Twitter introduced paid verification last year with the Twitter Blue relaunch.
- The service was renamed to XBlue during the ongoing rebranding exercise.
- The company has updated the help page for paid subscriptions, stating that even if the checkmark is hidden, it might still be visible in some places.
- The option to hide the checkmark will be available in the "Profile customization" section of account settings.
- This feature will allow users to benefit from subscription features without displaying that they are a verified account.
- In March, Twitter was reported to be working on a feature to hide checkmarks with ID verification.
- There was controversy surrounding paid verification, as it was difficult to differentiate between legacy verified accounts and those who paid for the checkmark.
- Twitter initially removed legacy checkmarks but later reinstated them for top accounts, regardless of payment.
- Since the relaunch, Twitter has introduced various features to incentivize users, such as a 10,000-character limit for posts, a 3-hour video upload limit, fewer ads on the timeline, and ad revenue sharing for subscribed users.
- In May, the platform enabled encrypted DMs for verified users.