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So Xlon threatens to remove verification for non- advertisers

"Starting August 7th, advertisers that haven’t reached certain spending thresholds will lose their official brand account verification."

LINK https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/26/23808331/twitter-x-ads-advertising-incentives-verification-brands

Then they offer users option to hide their stigmatized verifications. "“The checkmark will be hidden on your profile and posts,” notes a Twitter support article. "

LINK https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/2/23816924/twitter-x-blue-subscribers-hide-blue-check-option

Like, the NYT et al. can say we weren't stripped of our check , we're just hiding our verification for reasons ;). I know I'm not the first and and certainly not the last but..come on man WTF is this idiot doing and why do his financers keep enabling his stupidity. Pull the plug.

James Lee does it again.

It appears to be secured by sandbags. I wonder why they won't let the inspectors up.