Twitter Blue verification status now costs $8 per month, which has caused a lot of debate among its users, know if LeBron James paid for his check
Some famous people have lost their proof ticks, but Taylor Swift, LeBron James, and Stephen King still have them. This has made people wonder if these famous people paid for their verified status.
The original blue tick method on the social media site was made to confirm that public figures were who they said they were. About 300,000 users were verified. But since Elon Musk took over the platform, Twitter has added three different coloured checkmarks: gold for verified businesses, grey for verified government officials, and blue for those who can pay to be verified.
Did LeBron James and Taylor Swift pay for Twitter blue check verification or is it a gift from owner Elon Musk
Lebron James tweeted that he'll never pay for a verification badge ✔️but he's the first celebrity to subscribe to Twitter Blue after his blue tick ✔️ disappeared. Is this trickery pic.twitter.com/XalHLQhKfi
— ʀɪᴄʜ ᴍᴇʀᴏᴅɪ (@richmerodi) April 21, 2023
Because they didn’t pay the fee, Lady Gaga, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and even the Pope lost their proof ticks. But only a few well-known people, like Taylor Swift, LeBron James, and Stephen King, have kept their Twitter Blue approval status.
Twitter told its users that if they didn’t pay the monthly fee by April 20, they would lose their verification. In the UK, a monthly membership to blue tick costs £11, and in India, it costs Rs 650.
Several people on social media are now talking about how Swift, James, and King kept their tick marks. James and King, on the other hand, had said before that they would not pay for it earler.
LeBron James and Stephen King among those who did not pay for Blue Tick
In a report published Thursday by The Verge, it was revealed that a Twitter employee had emailed the Los Angeles Lakers star to “extend a complimentary subscription to Twitter Blue for your account, @kingjames, on behalf of Elon Musk.” Adam Mendelsohn, who works as a media adviser for LeBron James, said that James had not paid for proof.
Stephen King also denied paying for his blue tick status. In a tweet, the author said, “My Twitter account says I’ve subscribed to Twitter Blue. I haven’t. My Twitter account says I’ve given a phone number. I haven’t.”
Musk has said, however, that he pays for “a few” accounts “personally.”
Twitter users speculate on Musk’s involvement in celebrities’ Twitter blue tick status
One Twitter user responded to Musk’s tweet by saying, “Elon is automatically subscribing celebrities like Stephen King, LeBron James, and Taylor Swift to Twitter Blue to make it look like they’re down with his dumb charade.” “Choosing to believe Elon is paying for Taylor Swift’s checkmark,” said another.
Twitter has begun the mass removal of its blue ticks, as the symbol previously used to signify a verified account vanished from users including the Pope, Donald Trump and Justin Bieber.#Twitter pic.twitter.com/1gMPymImGO
— World Times (@WorldTimesWT) April 21, 2023
Twitter’s Blue subscription fee has caused a lot of trouble, which has made people wonder about the platform’s goals and whether it puts making money ahead of user experience. Twitter might say that it needs to make money from its site to stay in business, but users might feel like they have to pay for verification, which should be free.