Explained: Blue tick, grey tick and more — what are the different type of Twitter accounts

Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter — and it has been just two weeks — the noise around verified accounts, blue ticks, Twitter Blue has amplified like never before. That’s partly because one of the first move Musk made was to announce that people will have to pay get the coveted blue tick or have their accounts verified. Confusion still looms over what happens to the existing verified accounts and a Twitter executive has given an insight into the different type of accounts that will exist on Twitter going forward. Here we explain the different type of accounts on Twitter:
Blue tick accounts or paid accounts
All new — and new being the operative word here — Twitter Blue accounts will not require any ID verification. Prior to Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, verified accounts had to go through a process of submitting certain ID to get a blue tick. Not any more. Twitter has made it clear that it will be an “an opt-in, paid subscription that offers a blue checkmark and access to select features.”

‘New’ Official accounts on Twitter or grey tick

Previously, all verified accounts had a certain amount — at times misplaced — of credibility. Not anymore as Twitter is introducing something called Official accounts. Or some previously verified accounts will get an Official label.

Can the Official account label be purchased?

No, no one can pay for it as the official label is not available for purchase.

Who can get an Official account label

As per the Twitter executive, accounts that will receive it include government accounts, commercial companies, business partners, major media outlets, publishers and some public figures.

Will this be the way forward for Twitter accounts?

At least for now but the Twitter executive said that the company will continue to experiment with ways to differentiate between account types.