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

Twitter owner Elon Musk on Tuesday said that verified Twitter accounts will be prioritised. Taking to the social media platform, the billionaire tweeted, "Verified accounts are now prioritised".

Verified Twitter accounts are now 'prioritised', says Musk amid blue tick fiasco

Days after the Blue Checks disappeared from various accounts, the esteemed badge for verification suddenly appeared on any and every account that has more than a million followers on Sunday morning.

In a 'Musk-turn', Twitter gives free blue ticks to any account with one million followers

Twitter's inventor of the hashtags that are used to categorise messages has quit the platform, claiming Elon Musk mismanaged it. Following the loss of his verification badge, Chris Messina, who in 2007 suggested Twitter begin using hashtags to organise tweets by topic or event, said goodbye to the platform this weekend.

Chris Messina, inventor of hashtags, quits Twitter, blames Musk's mismanagement

Twitter has stated that starting on April 1st, all underpaid blue ticks will be removed. Additionally, the identities will no longer have their verification badges. According to the social media site, users can now join up for Twitter Blue, a paid subscription program, and receive the Blue Tick impartially.

Twitter to remove all unpaid blue ticks from April 1

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.

Twitter blue ticks to disappear on April 1, here's what to do to retain them

Here, we bring you the news that is trending across WION's social media platforms - As of April 1st, verified accounts on Twitter will no longer display blue ticks. Twitter hopes to extend its subscription-based blue programme.

Verified handles on Twitter to not have blue ticks anymore

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