The New Twitter Verification Makes it Hard to Distinguish between Legacy and Paid Verified Accounts.
On April 1, Twitter was intended to formally delete old verification checkmarks. The label now says, “This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account,” when users tap or click on the blue checkmark.
The label on the legacy verified accounts stated, “This is a legacy verified account,” once Twitter started offering verification under the Blue membership plan.
The Twitter Blue account, on the other hand, displayed the label “This account is verified because it is subscribed to Twitter Blue.” This made it easy to distinguish between two sets of confirmed accounts in the past.
The New York Times similarly misplaced its verified check over the weekend after declining to pay for the service.