Twitter blue subscribers may soon be able to hide their paid blue checkmarks

Popular microblogging platform Twitter, which recently launched its paid Twitter Blue verification service, is now said to be developing a feature that will allow users to hide the blue checkmark.

According to an IANS report, application researcher Alessandro Paluzzi posted on Twitter that the microblogging platform is working on a control panel for verification settings. It has an option that says “Show or hide the blue check mark on your profile”.

“Twitter continues to manage everything related to account verification and identity by adding the option to show or hide the blue checkmark on your profile,” Paluzzi said. The micro-blogging platform has yet to comment on this upcoming feature.

Recently, Twitter announced that starting April 1, 2023, it will finally remove the “old verified checkmarks” and if users want to keep the “blue checkmark” they will need to subscribe to Twitter Blue.

One of the first big decisions Elon Musk made after taking over Twitter was the introduction of Twitter Blue, a paid service that offers the coveted “blue tick” and the ability to edit and send longer tweets. He also stated that most of the old verified checkmarks were obtained through corrupt means and announced that they would eventually be removed.

Organizations that received Twitter’s verified checkmarks through the old process will lose their checkmarks (gold for businesses and gray for authorities) in addition to their notable individuals and must subscribe to Twitter’s “Verified Organizations” service.

The subscription costs $1,000 per month and an additional $50 for each US affiliate. And unlike Twitter Blue, the Verified Organizations portal is a web-only feature, meaning “management and billing through the portal is only available online,” according to Twitter.

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