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What Musk’s removal of Twitter blue ticks portends

This file photo taken on March 23, 2022, shows the logo of the US social media and networking application Twitter

This file photo taken on March 23, 2022, shows the logo of the US social media and networking application Twitter displayed on a tablet in Lille, northern France. 

Photo credit: Denis Charlet | AFP

By  Elvis Ondieki

What you need to know:

  • You have every reason to be worried if you have been relying on your verified Twitter account to do business and put on an air of influence. 
  • This is because the verification tick that has for long been the sign of being a “bigwig” on the platform is set to be withdrawn.
  • On Friday evening, Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted – and this was the second time this month – that the blue ticks will soon be done away with, claiming they had been awarded opaquely.

You have every reason to be worried if you have been relying on your verified Twitter account to do business and put on an air of influence. 

This is because the verification tick that has for long been the sign of being a “bigwig” on the platform is set to be withdrawn.

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