X is giving blue checks to influential users (which is what blue checks were supposed to be all along)
TechCrunch - 2024-04-04T02:45:21.000Z

X is giving free blue checks to users who have more than 2,500 “verified” followers, which are people who subscribe to X Premium. Popular posters will get a blue check, but not everyone is happy about it: People are now frantically posting to make it clear that they didn’t buy a blue check, but rather […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read this story