{"id":571522,"date":"2023-04-23T23:15:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T20:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-inexplicably-adds-verification-back-to-some-accounts-including-dead-celebrities\/"},"modified":"2023-04-23T23:15:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T20:15:54","slug":"twitter-inexplicably-adds-verification-back-to-some-accounts-including-dead-celebrities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-inexplicably-adds-verification-back-to-some-accounts-including-dead-celebrities\/","title":{"rendered":"#Twitter Inexplicably Adds Verification Back to Some Accounts, Including Dead Celebrities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n For further proof that Elon Musk\u2019s app<\/a>roach to verification on Twitter<\/a> can change on a whim, some top users on the social platform with significant followings \u2014 including stars who have died \u2014 were re-verified over the weekend with no explanation from the company.<\/p>\n

\n The re-verification comes after Twitter mass removed blue verification check marks from legacy users on April 20, impacting a whole slew of public figures \u2014 including Kim Kardashian and The Pope \u2014 and journalists without the badge. That same day, however, Musk claimed he was personally paying for three users \u2014 LeBron James, Stephen King and William Shatner \u2014 to retain their verification. <\/p>\n

\n At the time, a source close to James told The Hollywood Reporter <\/em>that the NBA star had received an email from Twitter offering a comped subscription, but James had never responded to it to accept the subscription.<\/p>\n

\n By Sunday, the platform appeared to reverse course, adding the blue check badge back to the accounts of users who were previously verified, but now with a badge description denoting that they subscribe to Twitter Blue. Impacted accounts have included living celebrities like Kardashian, James Gunn and Lil Nas X, who now all have a blue check mark, as well as those who have died. That includes Chadwick Boseman, Anthony Bourdain, Norm Macdonald, Michael Jackson and Kobe Bryant, among others.<\/p>\n

\n Some of Twitter\u2019s co-founders also received their verification back but former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was notably not included<\/a>. And several users who did receive their verification again weren\u2019t exactly pleased about the change. Users like Patton Oswalt<\/a> and Chrissy Teigen<\/a> have recommended that those who want to purposefully remove their verification badges can change their handles on Twitter and change them back, triggering removal of the badge.<\/p>\n

\n Twitter, which has no formal communications team and auto-responds to all emailed press inquiries with a poop emoji, did not respond to a request for clarification.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n