Twitter CEO Elon Musk has been threatening to take away “legacy” blue verify marks for months. On April 20, the corporate lastly did it.

Tomorrow, 4/20, we’re eradicating legacy verified checkmarks. To stay verified on Twitter, people can join Twitter Blue right here: https://t.co/gzpCcwOXAX

Organizations can join Verified Organizations right here: https://t.co/YtPVNYypHU

— Twitter Verified (@verified) April 19, 2023

Legacy verify customers started to note the change on Thursday afternoon. Celebrities from Kim Kardashian (75.1 million followers) to Selena Gomez (65 million) now haven’t any official verification. The Pope can also be out of luck.

they actually took his verify pic.twitter.com/KSyBRvc12m

— Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) April 20, 2023

Though Musk promised advertisers the app wouldn’t flip right into a “free-for-all hellscape” final October, it is unclear how Twitter will keep a way of legitimacy.

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Twitter customers should purchase Twitter Blue for $8 a month. Along with a “blue verify,” subscribers can craft Tweets longer than 280 characters, edit Tweets, and add movies as much as 60 minutes lengthy.

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Nonetheless, Twitter customers who misplaced their checks do not appear to thoughts.

Blue verify gone… I really feel okay ???

— Garcelle Beauvais (@GarcelleB) April 20, 2023

bye blue verify mark, the chaos continues.

— Andrew Horowitz (@adhorowi) April 20, 2023

I simply realized the blue verify is gone. Bye. ?? pic.twitter.com/LK27xtq09b

— Robert Hernandez (@webjournalist) April 20, 2023

legacy verified blue checks are gone

‘Verified’ notifications at the moment are a spam filter! be at liberty to dam everybody in there pic.twitter.com/WpWiKCNXLw

— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) April 20, 2023

my blue verify is gone pic.twitter.com/jmNOtdc0oD

— Carrie Courogen (@carriecourogen) April 20, 2023

At the least one superstar, nonetheless, claims they appear to be subscribed to Twitter Blue despite the fact that they did enroll and they didn’t confirm a cellphone quantity. Stephen King, who has been vocal about Twitter Blue, nonetheless has a blue verify.

My Twitter account says I’ve subscribed to Twitter Blue. I have never.
My Twitter account says I’ve given a cellphone quantity. I have never.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) April 20, 2023

It is unclear if that is Musk’s means of trolling the creator or if it’s a glitch, however primarily based on Musk’s humorousness, the previous could be true.