Gold, grey and blue will be the new verified service colours for Twitter users starting next week, said Chief Twit Elon Musk on Friday..After an unsuccessful launch of a new blue check service, which led to a surge in users impersonating celebrities and brands on the platform when he took over Twitter, Musk says the new colour codes will identify users by companies (gold), governments (grey) and a blue check for individuals, including celebrities. .Musk tweeted: “Sorry for the delay, we’re tentatively launching Verified on Friday next week. Gold check for companies, grey check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not) and all verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates. Painful, but necessary.”.The revamped service will still cost US$8 per month, allowing individuals to have a smaller, secondary logo of their organizations if verified by them, he said in another tweet on Friday. .Twitter users responded to the new program..“Distinguishing between companies, governments, & individuals makes sense, but we still need a way to tell the difference (at a glance) between public figures and the multitude of individuals who have (or choose to use) the exact same name on Twitter. Otherwise confusion results,” wrote one..Musk replied: “Deliberate impersonation/deception will result in account suspension. Organizational affiliation, bio and follower count distinguish between people who genuinely have the exact same name. We shall see how it goes.”.Another Twitterite asked: “So every individual verified as a public official or $8 payment will have the same check? Will they be customizable? Will there be a red check for those that commit fraud but verified #NYT?”.“All verified individual humans will have same blue check, as boundary of what constitutes “notable” is otherwise too subjective,” Musk said in a Tweet. “Individuals can have secondary tiny logo showing they belong to an org if verified as such by that org. Longer explanation next week.”.Musk put the brakes on the original subscription service November 11, as fake accounts mushroomed, forcing the world's richest man to bring back the official badge to some users..Before the suspension, one user pretending to be drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. tweeted that insulin would be free, setting off a drop in the company's shares and forcing it to issue an apology..The turmoil led several companies, including General Motors and United Airlines, to pause or pull back ads on the platform. .User growth on Twitter, however, is at an all-time high, according to Musk..In other Twitter news, Musk said Thursday he'd reinstate most banned Twitter accounts, after 72.4% of respondents to a Twitter poll said they favoured "a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided they've not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam." ."Amnesty begins next week," said Musk, raising concerns among online safety experts who warned the decision could result in a surge of harassment, hate speech, and misinformation. .Musk recently said he was lifting a ban on former President Donald Trump’s account, although Trump, who now has his own social media company, said he has no plans to return to Twitter.
Gold, grey and blue will be the new verified service colours for Twitter users starting next week, said Chief Twit Elon Musk on Friday..After an unsuccessful launch of a new blue check service, which led to a surge in users impersonating celebrities and brands on the platform when he took over Twitter, Musk says the new colour codes will identify users by companies (gold), governments (grey) and a blue check for individuals, including celebrities. .Musk tweeted: “Sorry for the delay, we’re tentatively launching Verified on Friday next week. Gold check for companies, grey check for government, blue for individuals (celebrity or not) and all verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates. Painful, but necessary.”.The revamped service will still cost US$8 per month, allowing individuals to have a smaller, secondary logo of their organizations if verified by them, he said in another tweet on Friday. .Twitter users responded to the new program..“Distinguishing between companies, governments, & individuals makes sense, but we still need a way to tell the difference (at a glance) between public figures and the multitude of individuals who have (or choose to use) the exact same name on Twitter. Otherwise confusion results,” wrote one..Musk replied: “Deliberate impersonation/deception will result in account suspension. Organizational affiliation, bio and follower count distinguish between people who genuinely have the exact same name. We shall see how it goes.”.Another Twitterite asked: “So every individual verified as a public official or $8 payment will have the same check? Will they be customizable? Will there be a red check for those that commit fraud but verified #NYT?”.“All verified individual humans will have same blue check, as boundary of what constitutes “notable” is otherwise too subjective,” Musk said in a Tweet. “Individuals can have secondary tiny logo showing they belong to an org if verified as such by that org. Longer explanation next week.”.Musk put the brakes on the original subscription service November 11, as fake accounts mushroomed, forcing the world's richest man to bring back the official badge to some users..Before the suspension, one user pretending to be drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. tweeted that insulin would be free, setting off a drop in the company's shares and forcing it to issue an apology..The turmoil led several companies, including General Motors and United Airlines, to pause or pull back ads on the platform. .User growth on Twitter, however, is at an all-time high, according to Musk..In other Twitter news, Musk said Thursday he'd reinstate most banned Twitter accounts, after 72.4% of respondents to a Twitter poll said they favoured "a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided they've not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam." ."Amnesty begins next week," said Musk, raising concerns among online safety experts who warned the decision could result in a surge of harassment, hate speech, and misinformation. .Musk recently said he was lifting a ban on former President Donald Trump’s account, although Trump, who now has his own social media company, said he has no plans to return to Twitter.
