According to the news of the BBC, there is now a common point between the American singer Beyonce, who has Twitter accounts, and the famous football player Cristiano Ronaldo. That’s because they lost their blue ticks… These two famous names don’t have blue ticks on Twitter anymore.
BLUE TICKS ARE UP
The reason for this decision is: The social media giant started removing the once-loved blue ticks from thousands of accounts yesterday.
As a result of this move, which came at a time when Twitter owner Elon Musk was trying to overhaul the social media company to make a profit, users who do not want to lose their blue tick should subscribe to Twitter Blue.
Users who want to keep the blue checkmark next to their name need to pay at least 150 TL per month to subscribe to Twitter Blue.
WHILE SOME LOSE THEIR TIC, SOME KEEP IT
While famous names like Beyonce and Cristiano Ronaldo have lost their blue ticks ‘for now’ (because they can subscribe to Twitter Blue and get blue ticks again), some of them have retained their blue ticks.
For example, NBA star basketball player LeBron James has a blue tick with a “free subscription” gifted by Elon Musk, despite saying he won’t pay for the blue tick.
Musk confirmed that the same deal applies to legendary writer Stephen King and master actor William Shatner, who plays Captain Kirk in the Star Trek universe.
When the change took place, many users joked about it on Twitter.
Some users drew attention to the irony that while actor Jason Sudeikis lost his blue tick, his fictional character Ted Lasso did not lose it.