Users with big followings will receive a free subscription to X, formerly Twitter — and the platform’s famous blue check, the company said in another policy U-turn.
Before Musk, the blue check mark was used as a verification system for major accounts including celebrities, institutions and journalists.
But Musk saw the system as unfair to regular users and overhauled the blue checks so that they went only to paying subscribers, which meant thousands of holders were stripped of the feature.
Late Wednesday, some users were surprised and even angry to find the blue tick reinstated.
A message from the platform explained that they were given free subscriptions because they were an “influential member” of X.
The site added that it “reserves the right to cancel the complimentary subscription in its sole discretion.”
Musk said last week that “going forward, all X…
