James isn’t the only legacy-verified celebrity in Musk’s selectively generous eyes. Author Stephen King, who has been beefing with Musk over the idea of selling verification for months, still has his blue checkmark intact. “My Twitter account says I’ve subscribed to Twitter Blue. I haven’t,” King tweeted. Musk responded with a “you’re welcome” to the celebrated writer’s post, confirming that he is covering King’s Twitter Blue fee, as well.
My Twitter account says I’ve subscribed to Twitter Blue. I haven’t.
My Twitter account says I’ve given a phone number. I haven’t.— Stephen King (@StephenKing) April 20, 2023
It’s a rather ironic turn of events. “Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bulls**t,” Musk tweeted back in November last year. The billionaire argued that he is democratizing the verified badge for a nominal fee of $8 per month.
Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit.
Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 1, 2022
But it appears that Musk has become the “Lord” in that very “lords & peasants” system that he formerly criticized, leading to a reimaging of the whole verification system. He once argued that Twitter was arbitrarily giving a verified badge to people based on opaque notability criteria. Musk is now arbitrarily paying for the verified badge of a handful of celebrities seemingly based on personal preferences.
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