Twitter Elona Musk promised clean blue check marks. Instead, was singled out one account

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Some woke up on Saturday Saturday VIP Twitter, expecting that they lost their burns in blue verifications in a previously announced cleaning Author: Elonova Musk. Instead, Twitter seems to target one account from Major The Musk publication does not like and changed the language in its place in a way that dims why users are verified.

Twitter had said It would “start the winding of” blue checks in its old verification system – which emphasized the protection of high-ledal lids – 1. April to verify, Musk said, users could pay $ 8 a month Join Twitter platform blue Subscription service that has allowed Bills to pay verification since December.

Most legacial plans of checks found this weekend that their verification marks did not disappear, But it was rather added to the new label reading: “This account has been verified because it is subscribed to Twitter Blue, or the inheritance was verified.” The language, which is displayed when users click on a check mark, they are unclear whether the certificates are actually noticeable individuals or simply users who paid to join Twitter blue.

But one high profile account lost a blue check over the weekend: Main account for the New York Times, which had Preliminary CNN That would not pay verification.

After the account that is often engaged in musk, this weekend has posted this weekend in time in decline to pay verification, musk responded to get on Say, “Oh ok then we’ll take it then.” Musk then healed in times – only the most recent instance of billionaire Straws of journalists or media houses – in a row Tweets It claimed that the exit coverage is boring and “propaganda”.

The search of the weekend are only the latest example of Twitter creating confusion and spiced changes to a significant change in this case, and not only no users, but many of the deepest accounts lasted for a long time the best-selling. It also emphasizes how musk often seems to lead decisions about a platform that is more whimsical than by politics.

Although the main account of New York Times lost the blue check, her other accounts were left, such as their art, the content of travel and books, other verified. (It is not clear why New York Times do not have golden “organizations”, including associated press and Washington post.) After removing her blue check, a spokesman for New York Times reiterated that CNN does not plan to pay verification.

Twitter, who set up most of his public relations staff last autumn, did not respond immediately at a comment request.

In a separate puzzle move, Twitter’s bird logo at the top of the page was replaced on Monday with a dog, Meme, which represents cryptocurrency Dogeroin, who promoted the musk. The price of Dogecoin fired 20% on Monday.

Musk threatens to seize the “legacy” of blue checks from users who were checked under the old Twitter system, because soon after bought Twitter last drop.

At the beginning of November, Twitter launched an option for people who pay for their Twitter Blue subscription subscription to receive blue checks. The program was quickly placed on a break after the wave of the celebrity and corporations impersonatorsand was again in December.

Twitter also dismissed color verification system with different colored ratings for companies and government entities, but musk still said that some users eventually have to pay blue checks.

In the days that led to the blue check, it was not, Prominent users such as actor William Shatner and Anti-Oil traiting Activist Monica Levinkinzija push back The idea that they are users who turn attention to the site, they should pay the function that stores them from the leaf.

By releasing the reasons, the new label could risk people easier to transfer or represent highly profile users. Inalent behavior experts also have said it was not clear This provision of verification for paid users will reduce the number of bots on the website, the musk problem has set and turned off last year.

Mošk, for its share, previously presented changes to the Twitter Verification System as a way “to be treated equally”.

“It shouldn’t be a different standard for celebrities,” he said in Tweet last week. The paid feature could also launch income that could help musk that is on a branch for significant debt after buying Twitter for $ 44 billion.

Musk last week too said This from 15. April, only verified accounts are recommended in users “for you”, with the accounts they follow.

– CNN was contributed by Oliver Darci.