Humorously titled “ Eight Dollars,” the extension is developed by Will Seagar and Walter Lim. To make things easier to distinguish, at least in the web browser, there’s a handy new Chrome extension you can check out. While Twitter does offer at least one way to tell whether an account is verified for its notability or for its $8 payment, it involves clicking through to the profile in question and clicking the checkmark to see more details.
Despite that, there have been some interesting - if predictable - consequences to doling out verification to almost anyone willing to pay, ranging from simple pranks to outright misinformation. This revised subscription is still in the early stages of being made available to the public and is currently only offered to those in a handful of countries, via the iOS app. One of the most notable of these is a new initiative to give a blue checkmark to all accounts that pay for the revamped Twitter Blue plan for $8 per month. Following adjustments to Twitter’s verification system, a new Chrome extension can reveal which accounts are verified as notable and which are simply Twitter Blue subscribers.Ĭhanges to Twitter have been shockingly frequent in the days since Tesla CEO Elon Musk took charge.