Also Tumblr he decided to make fun of Twitterin its own way: will offer for $ 8 not one, but two blue ticks to its users. Ironically that even on Twitter it is now enough to pay to have the certification of “important person your Internet”.
Tumblr offers two useless blue ticks for $ 8, one more than Twitter
The “blue checkmark” next to the name on Twitter was for confirm identity of the person writing from that account. If a politician, journalist, or celebrity posted something with a blue-ticked account, they could be sure it was his opinion.
But after Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, anyone who subscribes to Twitter Blue for $ 7.99 can show off their blue checkmark. With particular results: yesterday, for example, a fake (but verified) Nintendo account showed a Mario holding his middle finger for a couple of hours.
Tumblr has decided to make fun of this choice of the new Twitter CEO by offering its own version of the blue ticks. But without even trying to pretend they are used to verify the account.
The ‘check’ on the social
On Tumblr you can now buy not one, but two “Important Blue Internet Checkmark” per 7,99 euro. Double what Twitter offers, and not with a monthly subscription but with a one-time purchase.
What do these ticks do? I’m “a sought-after status symbol, and now you can have one too: without needing to be verified by the Tumblr staff ”. Furthermore, the team explains that you can “distinguish yourself from the others by showing not just one, but two checkmarks next to your blog name “. But he warns that it doesn’t amount to verification, and that Tumblr’s blue ticks “could turn into a bunch of crabs at any moment” (a reference to the last April Fool on the site).
Tumblr has never been interested in certifying the presence of celebrities on its site, so much so that the author of Sandman (and Coraline, American Gods and a million other stories) Neil Gaiman He always leaves fans stunned when he replies on the microblogging platform.
Trolled by another social network
On Twitter and on any other social network it often happens to see celebrities made fun of by some users. Trolls are usually just annoying, but occasionally some good jokes arise. It is much rarer to see a mockery on social media. But from the response and the shares of the initiative (also on Twitter), it seems that Tumblr has won this round.
We don’t know at the moment if Twitter intends to respond to the provocation. Maybe doing a super discount for Black Friday to those who buy three blue ticks? A 5 + 1 promotion as a gift? What seems certain is that Musk does not seem willing to make the blue checkmark return a distinctive sign, since he has also eliminated the “Official” label proposed by his team. Blue is only for those who pay, on all social networks.