blue check

From the blue check mark badge that is displayed beside their names.

blue check (plural blue checks)

1. (Internet slang, sometimes derogatory) A Twitter user whose account has been verified by Twitter as authentic (i.e. not a parody or imposter account) and deemed to be of public interest.
   • 2016, Adelle Platon, "Wiz Khalifa, John Mayer & More React to Kanye West's 'Waves' Album Name Change", Billboard, 27 January 2016:

     Other blue checks on Twitter also weighed including Questlove and John Mayer.

   • 2020, Joanne McNeil, Lurking: How a Person Became a User, unnumbered page:

     It is a cardboard gold crown, but it helps in certain cases; for example, Twitter support will prioritize intervention requests when trolls attack a blue check.

   • 2020, Seth J. Frantzman, "Many celebrate as verified Twitter users unable to tweet due to hack", The Jerusalem Post, 16 July 2020:

     Some posted images of the French Revolution or the Korean film ‘Parasite’ as a way to show the feelings of the masses when the powerful “elites” of Twitter could not use their accounts. This is due to a perception that many “blue checks” only retweet each other and that the social media giant somehow prioritizes these verified accounts.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:blue check.

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