Ronaldo, Kohli and other top athletes lose Twitter blue tick
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Top athletes from across the world lost their legacy blue ticks on social media service Twitter. The decision that had long been announced finally came into effect on 20 April. The blue check marks, which helped validate their identities and differentiate them from imposters on the microblogging site, have now been taken away.
Elon Musk, who had bought the social media platform for $44 billion last year, has brought in multiple changes to the site since taking over. He had said the website was entering a new era and that the verification marks would be provided on a subscription basis.
“Tomorrow, 4/20, we are removing legacy verified checkmarks,” the official Twitter Verified account had tweeted on Wednesday.
As a result, multiple athletes, including cricketers, have lost their verification marks. Commenting about it, former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen said, “Who cares if you have a blue tick or not? How does it positively or negatively effect your day? It really shouldn’t!”
“Be happy, be nice and don’t let something so silly annoy you for one sec!
Indian Premier League franchise Lucknow Supergiants, who had made the final last year, posted a meme of Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee the caption, “Where is the blue tick?”.
Quite a few athletes have lost their verification marks overnight. Footballers Cristiano Ronaldo (108.3 million followers), Neymar (62 million), Kaka (29.4 million), Andres Iniesta (25.4 million), Ronaldinho (21.5 million), Gerard Pique (20.8 million), Wayne Rooney (17.1 million), Kylian Mbappe (12.2 million); NBA stars Kevin Durant (20.8 million), Stephen Curry (17.3 million); tennis players Rafael Nadal (15.7 million), Roger Federer (12.8 million) and golfer Tiger Woods (6.6 million).
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