Jeff JarvisAug 2, 2023
Heh. Yeah, because who--other than Muskovites--wants the shame of the mark of the #EightBuckSchmuck?
Twitter Blue subscribers can now hide their blue checks https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/2/23816924/twitter-x-blue-subscribers-hide-blue-check-option via @verge
Twitter Blue subscribers can now hide their blue checks

Twitter has added an option to hide the notorious blue checkmark for Blue subscribers. It comes just as Elon Musk has been rebranding Twitter to X.

The Verge
Jeff JarvisMay 3, 2023
Then again, not a terrible idea... #EightBuckSchmuck...
No, Biden Is Not Considering Voting Restrictions on Twitter Blue Users https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-voting-restrictions-twitter-blue/
No, Biden Is Not Considering Voting Restrictions on Twitter Blue Users

Meanwhile, the White House won’t pay for verification through Twitter Blue.

Snopes
Jeff JarvisApr 27, 2023
Well, this has been a great week: I got rid of the mark of the #EightBuckSchmuck and now I've been banned from the Republican Party.
Ted Curran M. Ed.Apr 24, 2023

I may never be "Twitter Blue Cool", but on #Mastodon I can put my own "cool" button on my account, so that's pretty cool.

#eightbuckschmuck

Show threadBrian PierceApr 23, 2023
I didn't have the heart to block #normmacdonald on #twitter for being an #eightbuckschmuck since he's dead and all..
Show threadAratharApr 23, 2023

@Bon_Jardin @sysop408 Maybe there is a bit of that but mainly Musk has to confuse Paid and Legacy accounts so that people can't just use Blue Check Blockers to filter out all the #EightBuckSchmuck users.

Browser Extensions like Blue Blocker hide Paid Verified accounts that you don't follow.

I think that countering the #BlockTheBlue campaign is why today all of the accounts with more than a million followers seem to be marked as verified.

It is a battle between twitter users and ownership.

Show threadBrian PierceApr 23, 2023
@jeffjarvis I spent a few minutes going back to my Twitter account and blocking everyone I follow/am followed with a blue checkmark. Doubt any celebrity will know or care about me but if enough treat it as a mark of shame, they'll leave the #nazibar. The smaller accounts paying for it may notice first. #eightbuckschmuck
Mastodon MigrationApr 23, 2023

Elon's new plan to monetize Twitter is brilliant. Now that he has restored the #EightBuckSchmuck blue checkmark to wealthy famous people who don't want it, he can charge them a stiff fee to remove it again.

#twittermigration

Jeff JarvisApr 23, 2023
If I were a celebrity now stuck with the blue checkmark of the #EightBuckSchmuck, I'd sue Elon for defamation.
Elon Caves, Gives Blue Checks Back to Twitter’s Biggest Celebs https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musks-backs-off-legacy-checkmark-purge-re-verifies-platforms-biggest-celebs?source=twitter&via=desktop via @thedailybeast
Elon Musk Backs Off ‘Legacy Checkmark’ Purge, Re-Verifies Platform’s Biggest Celebs

Across Twitter on Saturday, some of the platform’s biggest names expressed surprise when their fickle checkmarks suddenly reappeared.

The Daily Beast
Show threadMastodon MigrationApr 21, 2023

According to the Daily Mail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11999675/Alyssa-Milano-leads-Hollywood-whining-removal-Twitter-blue-check-mark.html) many celebrities including Alyssa Milano and Bette Midler are very upset. San Francisco 49er's long snapper Taybor Pepper had this to say about loosing his blue checkmark:

'That little bitch @elonmusk finally did it, he took away my check mark. I'm never gonna pay for this s**t platform btw. #BelugaWhaleLookinAss.'

Pepper has since set his account to private.

#EightBuckSchmuck #twittermigration

Alyssa Milano leads Hollywood whining over removal of Twitter blue check mark

Alyssa Milano became one of the first public figures to lament the loss of a blue check mark on Twitter after Elon Musk starting culling them from verified accounts this week.

Daily Mail