Jumpscare alert: there is currently a bug on Twitter wherein toptechtrends.com/2023/04/20/twitters-legacy-blue-checkmark-era-is-officially-over/”>legacy blue check holders can update their bio and briefly get their badge of (dis)honor back.
It doesn’t seem to matter what text you’re adding to your bio — I added a few spaces, then got my check back for a moment. It even showed up with the old text that designates that I am “notable in government, news, entertainment, or another designated category,” and I did not, in fact, pay for this. But once you refresh the page it disappears (which I am grateful for, because I do not want people to think I am giving Elon Musk money). In fact, it’s unclear whether anyone else can even see your check briefly reappear (which, again, I am grateful for, because I do not want people to think I am giving Elon Musk money).
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Twitter still retains code that shows which users are legacy verified, as opposed to Blue verified. So, this bug is likely caused by a glitch involving those internal designations. But we can’t know for sure, because if we were to email Twitter asking for comment, they would just email us back a poop emoji. Once again, it seems that if you lay off the toptechtrends.com/2023/02/26/more-layoffs-at-twitter-and-loyalist-esther-crawford-isnt-spared/”>majority of your staff, your social platform will not be coded particularly well.
toptechtrends.com/2023/05/01/blue-checks-reappear-on-twitter-if-you-update-your-bio-lmao/”>Blue checks reappear on Twitter if you update your bio, lmao by toptechtrends.com/author/amanda-silberling/”>Amanda Silberling originally published on toptechtrends.com/”>TechCrunch
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