In the most recent development in the blue tick drama on Twitter, the monthly subscription-based blue tick verification badge was suspended on late Friday night

Earlier this month, Twitter launched a monthly subscription based blue tick service for its iOS users that gave them access to the blue profile verification badge. Mashable reports that the sidebar option that was once present for Twitter’s iOS app is no longer visible.

The Verge became aware of reports from users claiming the feature is not working. They received a message that said,  “Thank you for your interest! Twitter Blue will be available in your country in the future. Please check back later.”

Following the purchase of the verification by multiple users who wanted to pose as well-known brands and celebrities, the new, USD 7.99 Twitter Blue that was introduced earlier this week has suddenly disappeared. As many profiles tried to impersonate well known personalities and brands.

As soon as the premium verification option became available, numerous bogus profiles of well-known individuals, including, Jesus Christ,  former US President Donald Trump, appeared on the platform. Even the video game character “Super Mario” and the Lakers player LeBron James were impersonated by certain verified accounts.

This is a parody https://t.co/NhzLdQZqwG

— Jesus Christ (@jesus) November 7, 2022

Elon Musk took the situation into his own hands and tweeted that any account attempting to mimic another person will be disabled unless the account owner declared it to be a parody account.

In an effort to combat the rise in fake accounts, Twitter even introduced a new verification badge, a grey tick designating accounts as “official,” according to The Verge.

But the microblogging platform quickly launched this feature, then quickly removed it before bringing it back.

In the interim, this Twitter Blue subscription inaccessibility could potentially be a temporary withdrawal while Twitter resolves its problems or some form of error. The fact that features are being added and then removed in a matter of days, if not hours, is just another illustration of how chaotic things are at Twitter since its acquisition by Musk.

 Musk addressed this situation in a tweet shared a few days ago where he wrote, “Twitter will do lots of dumb things in coming months.”

(Inputs from IANS)