You can now tell if someone has paid for a subscription to their blue check on Twitter.
By tapping on an account’s blue check on their profile, it can tell you if a person is verified because they are notable or if they have paid to be verified.
Twitter said that the definition of verification and the accompanying blue checkmark is changing.
“Until now, Twitter used the blue checkmark to indicate active, notable, and authentic accounts of public interest that Twitter had independently verified based on certain requirements,” they said.
Now, they said, the blue checkmark means either an account was verified for being active, notable and authentic or that the account has an active subscription to Twitter’s new blue subscription service.
Accounts that receive the blue checkmark as part of the Twitter Blue subscription will not undergo review to confirm that they meet the active, notable and authentic criteria that was used in the previous process.
To minimise impersonation risks, Twitter said display name changes will be temporarily restricted on verified accounts.
“This will impact accounts verified under the legacy programme and Twitter’s new Twitter Blue subscription product,” they said.