Elon Musk kills Twitter’s ‘Official’ badge

Elon Musk kills Twitter’s ‘Official’ badge and gray checkmark just hours after launch.

By: Sohail Akhter Image Credit: Google

As soon as the "official" was launched, Elon Musk made a tweet and said "Killed".

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Instead, he says “blue check will be the great leveler” and that “Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months.”

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After this, the official badge was discontinued shortly after the launch.

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This badge was added on the account of few users.

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The official badge was announced on 8th November.

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