Several celebrities like Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli have lost their blue ticks.
Published Date – Sat 4/22/23 11:30am
Mumbai: Veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan thanked Twitter CEO Elon Musk in style for bringing back the blue check mark on his social media account.
The Musk-owned social media platform earlier removed blue ticks from legacy accounts that did not purchase its paid Blue service, and several celebrities, including Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and others, also lost their blue ticks .
“Tu cheez badi hai musk musk” tweeted the superstar on Friday, writing in Hindi, the eastern dialect of Uttar Pradesh, after the iconic blue verification badge reappeared on the superstar’s Twitter. B swapped the lyrics of the song “Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast” from the 1994 movie “Mohera” as a thank you to “Big Brother” Musk.
“Hey Brother Musk! We thank you so much! I put Blue Lotus in front of my name! Now what am I going to tell you bro? I want to sing a song, would you like to hear it? Okay, listen With “Tu cheez badi hai musk musk… tu chiz badi hai musk” Bachchan earlier on the social media platform returned the blue tick he dubbed “neel kamal”. The “Piku” actor also clasped his hands (he used emoji) urged the return of his verification badge. The superstar claimed he had already paid for the service.
Twitter earlier announced the launch of a paid subscription service on the microblogging site, charging $8 for a blue verification badge. Those who did not pay or purchase services on time lost the blue check mark on their handle.
The Bollywood legend’s creative has divided his fans.
The blue tick is a way of protecting famous people from impersonation and dealing with disinformation.
“On April 1st, we will begin phasing out our old verification process and removing the old verification checkmark. To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue,” Twitter said in a March statement. said in the post.
Twitter first introduced the blue checkmark system in 2009 to help users identify celebrities, politicians, companies and brands, news organizations and other “public interest” accounts as real and not impostors or parody accounts. The company previously did not charge a verification fee.
Musk rolled out Twitter Blue with a checkmark badge as one of the senior perks within two weeks of taking over the company last year.
