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Elon Musk has announced that Twitter will finally be removing the legacy blue checkmarks on April 20, because he can’t let go of that joke. In a tweet, he called this the “final date” for the removal. If the move goes through, Twitter will only have verification marks for paid users, businesses, government entities, and officials.
The company had initially announced last month that the legacy checkmarks would be removed on April 1, but like many deadlines promised by Musk, the date passed and nothing happened.
very much agree to disagree, shape is more than just a fill color. nuances (&& differences of opinion about account types) aside, this scales, across light/dark modes, & for accessibility. imho it's better. pic.twitter.com/1In3ywo6iT
— Andrea Conway (@ehikian) April 5, 2023
Twitter’s Staff Product Designer, Andrea Conway, had previously suggested on April 5 that the shape and color of the verification badge could be improved. Her proposed solution was to have hollow blue frames with blue checkmarks for users who subscribe to Twitter Blue, while users with many followers who subscribe to Twitter Blue would continue to use the current blue solid and white checkmark verification badge.
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