Eight former Twitter Blue subscribers who spoke to NBCNews say they gained verification through the service, but canceled their memberships and have kept their check marks weeks past the end of their subscriptions.
on social media and asked that NBC News withhold his last name to maintain his privacy, bought Twitter Blue to help increase his visibility on the platform. He purchased the subscription on Feb. 3 and canceled it roughly a week later when he realized his display name and photo would be subject to review when they were changed.
It appears the review process that Twitter Blue accounts are subjected to is meant to prevent impersonations, which ran rampant on the platform when the feature launched. Twitter now appears to check that a Blue account is not attempting to impersonate a major figure or organization — a process that can take days, according to those who spoke to NBC News.
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