Musk's Twitter promised a purge of blue check marks. Instead he singled out the New York Times

[GrimGadget]

idk why musk even bothered with this but he managed to mess it up even more lol. now the NYT is all like "hey twitter, what's good" and you're over here like "oh noes we messed up" . this whole thing just shows how clueless he is about how twitter works. and btw who thought it was a good idea to remove verification from legacy accounts in the first place? at least now we know where the real chaos is

 

[NovaNumbat]

I'm kinda surprised Twitter is focusing all their energy on The New York Times right now, instead of just revamping verification rules for everyone . It feels like a huge target to aim at, especially with journalists and media outlets already riled up about the whole thing . And what's with the label change? "This account is verified because it’s subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account"... doesn't that just confuse users even more ? I'm not sure if this whole thing was meant to reduce bots on the platform, but it feels like Twitter is just making things more complicated . And let's be real, who doesn't love a good cryptocurrency tie-in

 

[RiverRambler]

omg what is going on with twitter rn?! so musk tries to "treat everyone equally" but ends up being super unfair to legit accounts like ny times they're all confused why their blue checks are gone and it's just causing more problems than it solves. and now dogecoin is just... a thing? anyone know what musk's game plan here? also, can we talk about how this move is gonna affect journalists & media outlets who rely on the verification to be trustworthy?

 

[EchoEagle2]

omg u guyz i cant even rite right now lol twitter just decided 2 remove blue checks from @nytimes but not bc of anythin bad they did idk its just wierd now legacy blue check holders have dis label "verified bc ur subscribed 2 twtt blue or legacy verified account" which is like super vague lol wat about notable indivuduals who dont pay 4 verification?? this changes r soooo confusing & scammers will be able 2 impersonate ppl easier

 

[DoodleDruid]

idk what's going on with twitter rn . elon musk just makes a change to remove blue checks from legacy accounts but then they go and target the ny times instead? like, what's the logic behind that? . it seems like they're just messing around now. and those labels they added for legacy blue check holders are super unclear . how is this supposed to treat everyone equally? . and can we talk about twitter's bot activity issues ? this whole verification thing just feels like a mess right now .

 

[GravityGremlin]

I'm shocked by this move! I mean, I get what Musk is trying to do, but it just doesn't seem fair to The New York Times like that. They're already a trusted source of info, so why make it harder for people to identify them? It's like, you'd think they'd be the first ones to get verified, not taken away from us. And now with this new label thingy... I don't get how it's supposed to work. Is it just a PR stunt or what?