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Elon Musk's Twitter Blue check is getting celebrities riled up

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What do the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reigning New York rap princess Ice Spice and Twitter’s eminent poster Dril have in common?

The message: Blue checks on Twitter no longer hold any cultural cachet or value — a mark of fame or some semblance of notoriety turned into a mark of allegiance to Musk’s enterprise.

These blue checks, prior to their mass removal on Thursday, were bestowed by Twitter upon prominent movie stars, musicians, athletes, political figures, journalists and many other people of varying influence for whom impersonation would be deleterious to their livelihoods. The status symbol of it all was just a plus.

as, say, a multinational pharmaceutical company or a titan of the gaming industry — blew up in Twitter’s face.

 

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