Meaning of blue check | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Twitter user whose account was verified by Twitter as authentic (i.e. not a parody or imposter account) and deemed to be of public interest prior to this system's replacement by a paid verification scheme in early 2023.
   Internet, derogatory, sometimes
2. An online troll, provocateur, or grifter who uses a paid account to attract greater attention after the early 2023 change on Twitter.
   Internet, derogatory

Examples

“Other blue checks on Twitter also weighed including Questlove and John Mayer.”

“It is a cardboard gold crown, but it helps in certain cases; for example, Twitter support will prioritize intervention requests when trolls attack a blue check.”

“Some posted images of the French Revolution or the Korean film ‘Parasite’ as a way to show the feelings of the masses when the powerful “elites” of Twitter could not use their accounts. This is due to a perception that many “blue checks” only retweet each other and that the social media giant somehow prioritizes these verified accounts.”

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