Elon Musk's X has stirred confusion as some users woke up to free blue ticks on Thursday (Apr 4) morning. For those living under a rock, X, formerly Twitter, for years, used to offer blue tick verification badges to prominent accounts, including those of celebrities, politicians, journalists, and other influential people.

Back from the dead: Elon Musk's X sparks confusion with surprise return of free blue ticks

Today, many woke up in shock as they saw their blue tick gone. After a lot of delays, the new Twitter policy came into effect today, and the verified blue tick from the accounts of legacy users like celebrities, media personalities, and others vanished on Twitter.

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Blue ticks on Twitter have been something of an online prestige. The blue tick gave users a certain credibility, status and x-factor in increasingly competitive online world.

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Twitter Inc said on Wednesday that it would price Twitter Blue subscription for Android users at $11 per month. The subscription is priced at $11 for the iOS subscribers as well.

Twitter Blue subscription plans rolled out for Android, web users