One of the main features Twitter Blue — now “X Blue” — offered when the service first launched was that any Twitter user willing to pay could get the coveted blue checkmark. However, in recent months, subscribers have been accused of paying $8 a month or $84 a year for the service. As TechCrunch has spotted, the company has updated its X Blue support page with a new feature for members: the ability to hide the verified checkmark on their account.
Under the “Profile customization” section of their account settings, subscribers will now find a new option to “Hide your blue checkmark” that they can choose. With the feature enabled, the badge will no longer appear on their profiles and next to their names in posts. However, the company warned that it may still appear in some places and that some features may not be available to them while their checkmark is hidden. It didn’t say which features will become inaccessible, but Twitter has implemented several changes specifically for paying users since Elon Musk.
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It has increased the post limit for paid users to 25,000 characters and is even working on new tools for publishing long-form content. The site has also extended its video limit to 3 hours. Meanwhile, the social network is becoming less and less attractive to free users. In July, it announced that it would limit the number of DMs that non-paying users can send in an effort to curb spam, and previously placed a strict limit on how many tweets a user can see per day due to “extreme levels of data scraping .” While the restriction was temporary, unverified accounts were initially limited to 600 posts per day.
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App developer Alessandro Paluzzi first noticed the ability to hide the checkmarks in March. Based on screenshots Paluzzi shared, the verification process will remain the same, with users required to submit a government-issued ID to verify their identity. Now it just won't be obvious at first glance that someone is paying for X Blue.
Information source: engadget.com
