Twitter Blue accounts went live earlier this week and all hell broke loose as trolls used the $7.99 a month subscription to their advantage to sow chaos and spread misinformation by impersonating big companies.
Twitter's legacy verification system - the one that put a blue checkmark into the names of a select few - used to be the reason why people went on Twitter. If an account had a check, it meant that the celebrity, public official, or company, that was tweeting, was their legitimate account. This also explains why launches, apologies, and PR statements, are almost always released on Twitter.
But, ever since Elon Musk came in and brought a sink to mark his territory as the new Twitter CEO, things haven't gone so well for the platform. Case in point, the still-prevalent disinformation that's so common on the platform right now because of the recent steps new management has taken.
As soon as the feature went live, Twitter Blue users flexed their "investment" by posting fake and unbecoming news. In video games, companies like Nintendo and Rockstar Games were among the biggest targets. Fans of the latter, in particular, was subject to a post by a certain "RockstarGamse" that advertised an upcoming GTA 6 showcase. Although these may seem like harmless pranks from the outside, it does cast doubt on the legitimacy of information on Twitter.
