Who paid for Twitter Blue verification? Here’s how to find out

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As Twitter allowed users to verify their accounts for a monthly fee, the social media platform was flooded with blue checkmarked accounts previously associated with celebrities. Available for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, the browser extension plans to get your balance back by revealing accounts that paid $8 for Twitter Blue subscriptions.

Under the leadership of Elon Musk, Twitter rolled out “Twitter Blue” subscriptions as a way to discourage spam bots and fake accounts on the platform. However, when the service first launched in November 2021, trolls verified parody accounts and used them as an opportunity to spread false information.

Subsequent KYC requirements stifled account verification for questionable accounts, but the number of verified accounts on Twitter surged, reigniting suspicion among users. A browser extension named Eight Dollars allows users to spot the difference between real verified accounts and Twitter Blue users.

This Chrome extension is so useful!!

Twitter currently doesn’t show if an account is verified or paid, but this plugin called Eight Dollars does.

It does a great job of distinguishing between a genuine account and a sad Sup Reply dude who paid a blue check. https://t.co/ggRjNyZmBv pic.twitter.com/q7waI2EiK1

—m (@mayavada) April 2, 2023

This extension shows how each account got its verified badge. For users who have paid for a Twitter Blue subscription, the extension will display the text “Paid” right next to the blue check mark. Otherwise, it just says “verified”.

The screenshot above shows an example of how an Elon Mush parody account paid for verification. As a result, this extension helps with identity fraud accounts.

Additionally, as evidenced by the screenshots in the review above, Twitter users have shown their support for the software extension as it effectively restores transparency across social media platforms.

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Musk joined more than 2,600 technology industry leaders and researchers in signing an open letter calling for a halt to the development of artificial intelligence (AI).

Calling on AI labs to temporarily stop training powerful models.

Join the FLI call with Yoshua Bengio. @Steve Woz, @harari_yuval, @elonmusk, @Gary Marcus & Over 1000 signed: https://t.co/3rJBjDXapc

A short explanation as to why we are asking this – (1/8)

— Future of Life Institute (@FLIxrisk) March 29, 2023

However, the demand divided the community as many prominent entrepreneurs opposed the petition.

Count me among those who think this is a bad idea.

There is no “expert” to rule on this issue, and many different parties disagree. Commissions and bureaucracies do not solve anything.

As with many technologies, there are dangers, but we must keep moving forward… https://t.co/iM0sKOVTaw

— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) March 31, 2023

Armstrong believed that all technology poses some degree of danger, but the goal should be to keep moving forward.

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