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About

Twitter Blue Verified Impersonations or Twitter Blue Check Parody Accounts refers to a November 2022 wave of Twitter users spending $8 for a blue, "verified" checkmark in order to impersonate high-profile public figures and post misinformation as that figure. The wave is widely seen as a means to taunt Elon Musk's idea to incentivize people to spend money on the app by allowing them to pay $8 a month to be verified on Twitter. This made it so that both notable public figures and members of the general public could have Twitter's blue "verified" checkmark appear next to their name, with no immediately obvious visual distinction between the two. Memers took advantage of that to create "verified" accounts for notable public figures, including Musk himself, and then post confusing false statements and jokes. Scams also appeared using this method around the same timeframe.

Origin

On November 9th, 2022, Twitter, under Elon Musk's then-recent leadership, rolled out a feature that allowed users to pay $7.99 a month for verification, commonly known as the "blue checkmark."[1] Under the previous system, the blue checkmark was only given to notable public figures as a means to ensure that they could not be impersonated on the app. Under this system, both notable public figures and paying members of the public receive the same blue check.

Twitter briefly toyed with adding a second, gray checkmark to distinguish notable public figures, but Musk killed the feature the same day.[5] As of November 10th, users will have to go to a verified account's profile to see if a user is verified because they are a notable public figure or because they paid for verification.

Almost immediately after the feature was rolled out, some users began to take advantage of the system by purchasing verification and impersonating celebrities. One of the first notable impersonations was done by a user impersonating basketball star LeBron James, saying that the star was requesting a trade from Los Angeles to Cleveland. It was caught by reporter Ben Collins,[2] who noted the tweet received thousands of likes and retweets before it was deleted by Twitter moderators.

LeBron James @KINGJamez I am officially requesting a trade. Thank you #LakersNation for all the support through the years. 100 Onto bigger and better things! #ThekidfromAKRON #ImComing Home 2 MASS wish TAKERS ***

Spread

Over the following day, many other Twitter users toyed with the system by purchasing a blue checkmark and using the verification badge to impersonate a celebrity. On November 10th, 2022, user @JoshuaPHilll[3] posted a thread of some of the most notable impersonations from the previous day. These included impersonations of George W. Bush, Dave Chappelle, Rudy Giuliani and Elon Musk (examples shown below).

O.J. Simpson @ThaReal0J32.7h Ya I'm ngl I did that s--- 18,722 386 Show this thread 56.5K Adam Boyce and shirt guy liked Dave Chappelle @RealChappelleD. 1h Trans women are women. No longer team terf y'all. 1,141 220 8,711
Elon Musk @elon_rnusk ⠀ Starting today we'll begin offering Twitter Gold: a free subscription that gets you yearly family vacations and nightly dinners with me. If your name is Grimes. Please come back. I love you. 1:15 PM. Nov 9, 2022. Twitter for iPhone 863 Retweets 67 Quote Tweets 2,810 Likes

On November 9th, Twitter user @GillianDN[4] posted a cryptocurrency scammer taking advantage of the new system by impersonating Twitter itself and attempting to get people to give up their crypto wallet information (shown below).

Twitter @SzAt_0 The Verified blue badge source Journalist 1,156 Following 26k Followers Not followed by anyone you're following Tweets twitter-blue.com Tweets & replies Twitter @SzAt_0 - 24m Whoa, Twitter Blue is now available for free 1,118 Authenticate now: twitter-blue.com 일이 일에 Joined July 2013 28.4K 1040 : Twitter @SzAt_0 - 45m Whoa, Twitter Blue is now available for free Authenticate now: twitterblue.com Crypto/NFT holders can now get Twitter Blue for free by authenticating their wallet assets KI x Media Ps, there might be a little surprise after authenticating... bird NFT?•• 4,985 ↑ O QUE ESTA CITECEND ÉO QUE ESTÁ PECEND st Follow Crypto/NFT holders can now get Twitter Blue for free by authenticating their wallet assets 2014 Likes Ps, there might be a little surprise after authenticating... bird NFT?.. ^7 77 6K ↑ ... ...

Various Examples


Nintendo of America @nintendoofus. 1h M
George W. Bush @GeorgeWBushs Gaming I miss killing Iraqis 23:30 09/11/2022 Twitter for iPhone 1,639 Retweets 797 Quote Tweets 7,914 Likes 22 企 George W. Bush @GeorgeWB.... 51m Replying to @GeorgeWBushs Y'all are missing the point about the $8. It's a small price to make this app completely unusable and I'm assuming he is going to quickly learn we can get refunds from the credit cards we used if he suspends us prior to a month. 9 1 35 389 : George W. Bush @George W... . 50m Is what I would say if I was someone other than the greatest President America has ever known. 17 7 371 ***
Tony Blair @MPTonyBlair Same tbh. twitter.com/GeorgeWBushs/s... George W. Bush @GeorgeWBushs · 9h Gaming I miss killing Iraqis Show this thread 8:05 10 Nov 22 Tweetbot for iOS 71 Retweets 14 Quote Tweets 157 Likes ⠀
Ben Shapiro @dBenShapiro 2h Dear diary Matt Walsh won't stop calling me and talking about genitalia. 10 149 ben flores stuffing szn and Nude Gingrich (official) liked 562 ↑ 1,242 President Biden @pantscord 3h im over here stroking my d--- i got lotion on my d--- rn 63 Show this thread X 6,817
Pope Francis ✔ @RealPontifex Nov 10, 2022 As the Apostle tells us in 2 Corinthians 11:14, the wicked may pose as the righteous and lay snares to trap the unwary. Social media has worsened this phenomenon. Our blessed store is the ONLY authorized source for indulgences at $8 a month (link in bio). 44 251 Martin Luther @JunkerJorg@ Nov 10, 2022 I got ninety five theses but... this s--- ain't it chief 87 7K 37.2K 4.5K Pope John Paul I @RestInPontifex. Nov 10, 2022 interesting that none of you are talking about how I was murdered by the Mafia and Vatican Bank. maybe google "GLADIO" and open your third 2 112 849 Pope Francis @Pontifex Nov 10, 2022 My brothers in Christ this is unseemly and sows the sin of scandal. Please stop. A 429 157 585 @Pontiflex Nov 10, 2022 Pope Francis (Real) bitches GTFOH I'm in FRANCE popping getting every minute #chateauneuf #avignon #antipopes4life #crypto 37.3K 43.4K 46K and loving
US DEPAR BREAST MENT OF SERVICES Major Dad (Ret.) @GabeofThorns • 3h Replying to @thatbluecatboy and @HeheWaitWhut Are you guys affiliated with the FBI (Female Body Inspectors)? Q 1 27 1 20 US Dept. Of Breast Services @t... 3h... They handle enforcement, we handle regulatory compliance for chest-based affairs only. We also work with the Paranormal Inbreastigation Bureau 1 27 ↑ 24 ←] ●

Search Interest

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External References

[1] NBC – Twitter launches $7.99 subscription, which lets users pay for a check mark

[2] Twitter – oneunderscore_

[3] Twitter- JoshuaPHilll

[4] Twitter – @GillianDN

[5] Verge – Twitter Gray Checks

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Twitter Blue Verified Impersonations or Twitter Blue Check Parody Accounts refers to a November 2022 wave of Twitter users spending $8 for a blue, "verified" checkmark in order to impersonate high-profile public figures and post misinformation as that figure. The wave is widely seen as a means to taunt Elon Musk's idea to incentivize people to spend money on the app by allowing them to pay $8 a month to be verified on Twitter. This made it so that both notable public figures and members of the general public could have Twitter's blue "verified" checkmark appear next to their name, with no immediately obvious visual distinction between the two. Memers took advantage of that to create "verified" accounts for notable public figures, including Musk himself, and then post confusing false statements and jokes. Scams also appeared using this method around the same timeframe.

Origin

On November 9th, 2022, Twitter, under Elon Musk's then-recent leadership, rolled out a feature that allowed users to pay $7.99 a month for verification, commonly known as the "blue checkmark."[1] Under the previous system, the blue checkmark was only given to notable public figures as a means to ensure that they could not be impersonated on the app. Under this system, both notable public figures and paying members of the public receive the same blue check.

Twitter briefly toyed with adding a second, gray checkmark to distinguish notable public figures, but Musk killed the feature the same day.[5] As of November 10th, users will have to go to a verified account's profile to see if a user is verified because they are a notable public figure or because they paid for verification.

Almost immediately after the feature was rolled out, some users began to take advantage of the system by purchasing verification and impersonating celebrities. One of the first notable impersonations was done by a user impersonating basketball star LeBron James, saying that the star was requesting a trade from Los Angeles to Cleveland. It was caught by reporter Ben Collins,[2] who noted the tweet received thousands of likes and retweets before it was deleted by Twitter moderators.


LeBron James @KINGJamez I am officially requesting a trade. Thank you #LakersNation for all the support through the years. 100 Onto bigger and better things! #ThekidfromAKRON #ImComing Home 2 MASS wish TAKERS ***

Spread

Over the following day, many other Twitter users toyed with the system by purchasing a blue checkmark and using the verification badge to impersonate a celebrity. On November 10th, 2022, user @JoshuaPHilll[3] posted a thread of some of the most notable impersonations from the previous day. These included impersonations of George W. Bush, Dave Chappelle, Rudy Giuliani and Elon Musk (examples shown below).


O.J. Simpson @ThaReal0J32.7h Ya I'm ngl I did that s--- 18,722 386 Show this thread 56.5K Adam Boyce and shirt guy liked Dave Chappelle @RealChappelleD. 1h Trans women are women. No longer team terf y'all. 1,141 220 8,711 Elon Musk @elon_rnusk ⠀ Starting today we'll begin offering Twitter Gold: a free subscription that gets you yearly family vacations and nightly dinners with me. If your name is Grimes. Please come back. I love you. 1:15 PM. Nov 9, 2022. Twitter for iPhone 863 Retweets 67 Quote Tweets 2,810 Likes

On November 9th, Twitter user @GillianDN[4] posted a cryptocurrency scammer taking advantage of the new system by impersonating Twitter itself and attempting to get people to give up their crypto wallet information (shown below).


Twitter @SzAt_0 The Verified blue badge source Journalist 1,156 Following 26k Followers Not followed by anyone you're following Tweets twitter-blue.com Tweets & replies Twitter @SzAt_0 - 24m Whoa, Twitter Blue is now available for free 1,118 Authenticate now: twitter-blue.com 일이 일에 Joined July 2013 28.4K 1040 : Twitter @SzAt_0 - 45m Whoa, Twitter Blue is now available for free Authenticate now: twitterblue.com Crypto/NFT holders can now get Twitter Blue for free by authenticating their wallet assets KI x Media Ps, there might be a little surprise after authenticating... bird NFT?•• 4,985 ↑ O QUE ESTA CITECEND ÉO QUE ESTÁ PECEND st Follow Crypto/NFT holders can now get Twitter Blue for free by authenticating their wallet assets 2014 Likes Ps, there might be a little surprise after authenticating... bird NFT?.. ^7 77 6K ↑ ... ...

Various Examples


Nintendo of America @nintendoofus. 1h M George W. Bush @GeorgeWBushs Gaming I miss killing Iraqis 23:30 09/11/2022 Twitter for iPhone 1,639 Retweets 797 Quote Tweets 7,914 Likes 22 企 George W. Bush @GeorgeWB.... 51m Replying to @GeorgeWBushs Y'all are missing the point about the $8. It's a small price to make this app completely unusable and I'm assuming he is going to quickly learn we can get refunds from the credit cards we used if he suspends us prior to a month. 9 1 35 389 : George W. Bush @George W... . 50m Is what I would say if I was someone other than the greatest President America has ever known. 17 7 371 *** Tony Blair @MPTonyBlair Same tbh. twitter.com/GeorgeWBushs/s... George W. Bush @GeorgeWBushs · 9h Gaming I miss killing Iraqis Show this thread 8:05 10 Nov 22 Tweetbot for iOS 71 Retweets 14 Quote Tweets 157 Likes ⠀ Ben Shapiro @dBenShapiro 2h Dear diary Matt Walsh won't stop calling me and talking about genitalia. 10 149 ben flores stuffing szn and Nude Gingrich (official) liked 562 ↑ 1,242 President Biden @pantscord 3h im over here stroking my d--- i got lotion on my d--- rn 63 Show this thread X 6,817 Pope Francis ✔ @RealPontifex Nov 10, 2022 As the Apostle tells us in 2 Corinthians 11:14, the wicked may pose as the righteous and lay snares to trap the unwary. Social media has worsened this phenomenon. Our blessed store is the ONLY authorized source for indulgences at $8 a month (link in bio). 44 251 Martin Luther @JunkerJorg@ Nov 10, 2022 I got ninety five theses but... this s--- ain't it chief 87 7K 37.2K 4.5K Pope John Paul I @RestInPontifex. Nov 10, 2022 interesting that none of you are talking about how I was murdered by the Mafia and Vatican Bank. maybe google "GLADIO" and open your third 2 112 849 Pope Francis @Pontifex Nov 10, 2022 My brothers in Christ this is unseemly and sows the sin of scandal. Please stop. A 429 157 585 @Pontiflex Nov 10, 2022 Pope Francis (Real) bitches GTFOH I'm in FRANCE popping getting every minute #chateauneuf #avignon #antipopes4life #crypto 37.3K 43.4K 46K and loving US DEPAR BREAST MENT OF SERVICES Major Dad (Ret.) @GabeofThorns • 3h Replying to @thatbluecatboy and @HeheWaitWhut Are you guys affiliated with the FBI (Female Body Inspectors)? Q 1 27 1 20 US Dept. Of Breast Services @t... 3h... They handle enforcement, we handle regulatory compliance for chest-based affairs only. We also work with the Paranormal Inbreastigation Bureau 1 27 ↑ 24 ←] ●

Search Interest

Unavailable.

External References

[1] NBC – Twitter launches $7.99 subscription, which lets users pay for a check mark

[2] Twitter – oneunderscore_

[3] Twitter- JoshuaPHilll

[4] Twitter – @GillianDN

[5] Verge – Twitter Gray Checks

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There was a GameFreak parody account which unfortunately has been removed now but it had some really funny posts like:

"everytime someone leaks a pokémon we beat up an intern"

"update: the intern has died"

"Gen 8 was bad because we wanted to accurately portray what it’s like to live in the UK"

"yeah you can fuck the pokémon in the new one"

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