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He even griped in 2022 about then-Twitter having a "lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark," referring to their system of marking "verified" users like journalists and politicians, who had proven their identity to the company.

Now, though, it is necessary to pay to subscribe to X Premium to receive a checkmark.

Musk said last week that all X accounts with more than 2,500 verified subscriber followers would get Premium features — which includes a checkmark — for free going forward, and that accounts with over 5,000 would get Premium+ for free.

But now it has become a combination of the two - with a person simply seen as prominent if they are followed by enough people with a checkmark of their own.

Anyone who completes both steps will be given a blue checkmark.