Elon Mask said that Twitter's old authenticated badge will be deleted within a few months

Twitter has re-launched a new ' Twitter Blue ' where you can purchase a verified badge that appears as a blue check mark next to your account. Along with this, Twitter CEO Elon Musk said, 'We will remove the old authenticated badge within a few months.'

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Before being acquired by Mr. Musk, Twitter distributed verified badges with blue checkmarks to indicate that accounts operated by companies and celebrities were genuine. Initially, this authenticated badge could only be obtained by accounts that were voiced by Twitter, but from 2016 it became possible for users to request it. Still, Twitter said, 'Verified badges are aimed at prominent figures in music, theatre, fashion, government, politics, religion, journalism, media, sports, business, and other areas of interest that have the potential to impact many. We are using it,' and a certain level of name recognition was required to obtain an authenticated badge.

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However, Mr. Mask, who acquired Twitter, announced Twitter Blue, which can acquire an authenticated badge as one of the measures to improve profitability. Temporarily, due to the large number of impersonation accounts that acquired authenticated badges , sales had to be temporarily suspended, but resale started on December 12, local time.

In line with this, Twitter has been notifying accounts that have acquired the traditional authenticated badge from around the second week of December, ``This is a legacy authenticated account.'' And in line with the resale of Twitter Blue, Mr. Mask said, ``We will delete all the traditional blue checkmarks (authenticated badges) within a few months.The traditional method of distributing authenticated badges is corrupt and meaningless. I did,' he announced, announcing that he would remove the verified badge from legacy verified accounts.

In a few months, we will remove all legacy blue checks.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 12, 2022

As a result, it seems that it is necessary to subscribe to Twitter Blue to obtain an authenticated badge, but Twitter Blue requires phone number authentication according to the re-release. Also, you cannot subscribe to Twitter Blue unless you have changed your username, display name, and profile picture for 7 days.

In addition, Twitter Blue subscribers warn that if they change their username, display name, or profile picture, their verified badge may temporarily disappear until Twitter reconfirms them.