Google Messages has replaced text-based indicators with icons for read receipts. Here's how to tell the difference between ...

What does a check mark mean on Messenger? screenshot. Those check mark icons that you see after you’ve sent a message on Messenger aren’t just random symbols.

Recent changes implemented under Elon Musk, the company’s CEO, mean anyone who subscribes to Twitter Blue gets a blue “check” icon next to their profile. But that wasn’t always the case.

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 ...

Twitter says its system for verifying accounts is broken. Now the company is reconsidering how it hands out its little blue and white check mark icons. The company announced Thursday that it is ...

Now that blue check mark signifies that the account is subscribed to Twitter Blue. ... as well as a square avatar icon, Twitter Blue features, and the option to add affiliate accounts (i.e., ...

The next time you're reading emails in your Gmail inbox, you might notice blue check marks next to the names of some senders. The check mark icon is Google's latest attempt to fight phishing ...

Twitter’s blue check mark was once a coveted status symbol. Now, some users are calling it “the dreaded mark” or that “stinking badge.” Last week, Twitter began stripping the ...

Twitter Blue rollout hasn't gone as smoothly as planned, as users have continued to poke fun at Musk's plans and make insult blue-checked accounts for paying $8 a month for their check mark.

People have found a way to get their Twitter blue checks back for free — though it's just a temporary fix. The hack involves adding the words "former blue check" to one's Twitter bio.

The Margin Twitter’s blue-check-mark drama gets stupider over the weekend Many popular but unpaid accounts have their check marks restored against their will — or even despite their deaths ...

Companies like Meta have been on a blue check mark kick lately, despite how the verified icons have become a mark of shame rather than a status symbol on Twitter, the site which originally ...