X will now let you hide Twitter's coveted blue tick

Twitter's 'blue tick' was once a prized possession that people loved to flaunt, but that changed when it was bundled with the Twitter Blue subscription service.

Twitter, now X, will let subscribers hide their verification tick if they choose. The tick has become an object of ridicule in the modern X era, where some people see it as a sign of people paying for special treatment.

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Part of this was because the blue tick was originally meant to verify the identity of real accounts, something that let journalists, celebrities, politicians etc. speak their minds without the fear of fake accounts using their words out of context.