{"id":13995,"date":"2024-04-04T16:37:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T14:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/04\/dismay-as-xs-most-followed-accounts-given-blue-ticks-for-free\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T16:37:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T14:37:42","slug":"dismay-as-xs-most-followed-accounts-given-blue-ticks-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/04\/dismay-as-xs-most-followed-accounts-given-blue-ticks-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Dismay as X\u2019s most-followed accounts given blue ticks for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk\u2019s firm reverses policy of insisting on payment for \u2018verified status\u2019 \u2013 embarrassing some beneficiaries<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk has reversed one of his most notorious decisions since taking over X, the social network better known as Twitter, and started bestowing blue ticks on the site\u2019s most-followed users \u2013 whether they want them or not.<\/p>\n<p>The entrepreneur and one-time \u201cChief Twit\u201d had <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1773147956041978257\">tweeted last week<\/a> that the service would grant free \u201cpremium\u201d status to any user with more than 2,500 \u201cverified subscriber follows\u201d and accounts with more than 5,000 would get \u201cpremium+\u201d. That policy is now being enacted.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/apr\/04\/x-blue-ticks-verified-status-free-elon-musk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d9400153a03cbaba9b8bd01f96070908fd85af3f\/0_235_4000_2401\/master\/4000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ea03df98caa2a20e0fc4eece883596f9\" title=\"Dismay as X\u2019s most-followed accounts given blue ticks for free\" \/>Elon Musk\u2019s firm reverses policy of insisting on payment for \u2018verified status\u2019 \u2013 embarrassing some beneficiaries<br \/>\nElon Musk has reversed one of his most notorious decisions since taking over X, the social network better known as Twitter, and started bestowing blue ticks on the site\u2019s most-followed users \u2013 whether they want them or not.<br \/>\nThe entrepreneur and one-time \u201cChief Twit\u201d had tweeted last week that the service would grant free \u201cpremium\u201d status to any user with more than 2,500 \u201cverified subscriber follows\u201d and accounts with more than 5,000 would get \u201cpremium+\u201d. That policy is now being enacted. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk\u2019s firm reverses policy of insisting on payment for \u2018verified status\u2019 \u2013 embarrassing some beneficiaries Elon Musk has reversed one of his most notorious decisions since taking over X, the social network better known as Twitter, and started bestowing blue ticks on the site\u2019s most-followed users \u2013 whether they want them or not. The &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/04\/dismay-as-xs-most-followed-accounts-given-blue-ticks-for-free\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dismay as X\u2019s most-followed accounts given blue ticks for free<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13995"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}