Celebrities and other VIPS across the world— including Bill Gates, the pope and Hillary Clinton — were devoid of official checkmarks Thursday afternoon as self-dubbed Twitter chief twit Elon Musk's promised purge of legacy Twitter verifications came to fruition.
The purge also affected commoners such as foodies, podcasters and video game streamers, among other non-celebrities.
"Tomorrow, 4/20, we are removing legacy verified checkmarks," the company Tweeted Wednesday. The choice of April 20 was speculated by many to be a joke by Musk, in reference to the popular marijuana-based holiday. But it was no joke.
