Twitter users recently discovered a bug that allowed previously verified accounts to add their legacy ‘Blue Check’ back to their profile for free. Twitter had removed the legacy verified check marks on April 20th, worldwide. The legacy verified check marks were used to demonstrate the authenticity of accounts belonging to businesses, celebrities, politicians, activists, and journalists.
However, Twitter Blue had replaced this system, allowing anyone to purchase a verified checkmark for their Twitter account for $8 per month.
Users discovered that adding the words “former blue check” to their Twitter bio brings back the legacy verified check mark to their profile. Unlike the previous checkmark that had been in place since the launch of Twitter Blue, this one contains the original text used before Musk started promoting Twitter Blue.
The bug is likely to be fixed shortly, but for those who find the blue check important, they can use this bug to get it back.
Furthermore, on later testing, it appeared that the bug is fixed, or we previously saw unusual behavior. Adding the string to the bio and refreshing caused the check to disappear.
As Musk rushed to release new features to Twitter, bugs were invariably added to the platform and not detected due to the lack of prolonged testing.
This incident shows the importance of proper testing before implementing any new feature on a platform that has billions of users. Twitter has yet to make an official statement about the bug and whether it is fixed or not.
