Recently, Twitter announced a new policy regarding blue checkmarks in verified accounts: from now on, it will be necessary to pay a monthly subscription to Twitter to have your account checkmarked. The new Twitter Blue subscription will cost $8 a month.
This has been controversial. Actor Jack Black reflected on the change during the premiere of The Super Mario Bros. Movie on Saturday. Black stated:
“I don’t know if I’m going to pay for it…I’m a little embarrassed by the blue check to be honest with you. Maybe it’s cooler not to have checks. It’s definitely not cool to pay for it. I’m gonna see what happens if I don’t pay for it. I’m gonna call his bluff, see if he (Elon Musk) really takes my check away. Then I’m going to hold a big press conference to bring attention to this weird injustice.”
Actor Chris Pratt, who stars as Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, also talked about this new policy. The actor stated that he does not know whether he will pay to keep the blue checkmark and continued:
“I care deeply about all of [my followers]. I’ll do whatever I have to do to stay a part of their lives because I respect their attention and I love to use it as an opportunity to talk to them when I’m doing movies and stuff.”
The actor also stated that he is not worried about the new lack of verification process enabling people to pretend be him and stated sarcastically: “Good luck,” to potential imposters.
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