Now that anyone can purchase a blue check, many users find the symbol newly uncool. The icon makes its owner appear “desperate for validation,” according to the rapper Doja Cat.

Elon Musk’s newly unveiled plan to allow Twitter users to sport the social media platform’s coveted blue check for a mere $7.99 per month has focused unprecedented attention on the symbol.

Days after Elon Musk's Twitter purged blue check marks from VIP users and prominent organizations, the checks reappeared on the accounts of a number of high-profile figures, many of whom promptly ...

Twitter’s Blue Check Marks Become Polarizing Symbol of Elon Musk’s Tenure Some users disavow Twitter’s paid check marks, while others say the subscription features are worth buying ...

Elon Musk, the owner of the social media service, has begun to charge a subscription fee for the verification symbol. By Kate Conger SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter began removing check mark icons from ...