Elon Musk is ready to try his troubled new verification system for Twitter once again. This time, in color.
Elon Musk is ready to try his troubled new verification system for Twitter once again. This time, in color.
The CEO of Twitter announced — via a tweet of course — that Twitter will roll out its tentatively launching Verified on Friday next week. There’s changes to the program that he apparently hopes will stop people from paying the $8 a month fee just to impersonate celebrities or companies.
“All verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates,” he tweeted. “Painful, but necessary.”
Musk didn’t specify what will be done manually, or how much that might delay the verification process, especially in light of deep staff cuts and departures at Twitter since he took control a month ago.
The new system will have a gold check for companies, gray check for government entities and blue for individuals, whether or not they are celebrities.
