Twitter has begun the process of removing legacy blue checkmarks from individual accounts that were not paying the $8-a-month fee on Thursday April 20, leading to mass confusion on the site as people grapple with which accounts were real and which were fake.
The legacy blue checkmarks were put in place for users under a system to verify celebrities, journalists and politicians who had to prove their identity to Twitter. This way users would always be sure they were following authentic profiles and help separate parody accounts from actual ones.
