The absence of the blue tick from the microblogging service Twitter has gone viral, and many notable industry figures have come up with humorous responses. Twitter CEO Elon Musk revealed on April 11 that users will no longer see the legacy blue ticks as of April 20.
For the uninitiated, these blue checkmarks are freely awarded to journalists, public officials, and celebrities as a deterrent to impersonation.On Friday morning, many Bollywood actors unexpectedly lost their verified tick marks on Twitter as part of the platform’s rollout of the Twitter Blue membership service. Among other celebrities, Amitabh Bachchan complained about losing his blue tick symbol on the social media platform.
Last night (April 21), Big B took to the platform, disclosed that his blue tick has returned, and conveyed his gratitude with all of his humour in a funny message on Twitter. He penned,”T 4624 – ए Musk भैया ! बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद देत हैं हम आपका ! उ , नील कमल लग गवा हमार नाम के आगे ! अब का बताई भैया ! गाना गये का मन करत है हमार ! सनबो का ? इ लेओ सुना : “तू चीज़ बड़ी है musk musk … तू चीज़ बड़ी है, musk musk.”
To note, Many celebrities, including Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Virat Kohli, Rahul Gandhi, Rohit Sharma, Vir Das, Ajay Devgn, Aia Bhatt, Akshay Kumar, Kajol, Madhuri Dixit, Anushka Sharma, and Anil Kapoor, have lost their Twitter verification badges.
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