Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Ditch Legacy Blue Checks On 4/20

The epic meme poster himself. Credit: Photo illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Elon Musk — chief Twit and PoStEr oF EpiC MemEs that peaked in 2013 — claimed he would actually, finally get rid of legacy blue checkmarks on April 20. That is, not coincidentally, 4/20 aka the holiday for weed because Musk is completed devoted to corny jokes like doge, 69, and 420.

Musk has promised to get rid of legacy blue checkmarks quite a few times now, including on April 1, but on Tuesday he tweeted the latest date out.

Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab) A quick scroll around online and in the quote tweets of Musk’s post and you’ll find folks dunking on the tech billionaire. The whole process of ditching the blue check has been wonky, disjointed, and peppered with Musk’s corny sense of humor. Keeping the merits of the business plan or misinformation concerns aside, it’s just kind of weird humor for a 51-year-old who is one of the most powerful human beings alive.

Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab) Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab) Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab) Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab) Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab) Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab) Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab) Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab) It does seem like Musk will eventually follow through on his plan to ditch the old blue checks in his effort to get folks to cough up $8-per-month for Twitter Blue. The remaining blue checks will then become a scarlet letter (well, blue symbol, I guess) marking those mfs who paid for Twitter.

Whenever that happens — 4/20 or otherwise — one can assume we will get more EpIc jOkEs from the chief twit.

Tim Marcin is a culture reporter at Mashable, where he writes about food, fitness, weird stuff on the internet, and, well, just about anything else. You can find him posting endlessly about Buffalo wings on Twitter at @timmarcin(Opens in a new tab).

By signing up to the Mashable newsletter you agree to receive electronic communications from Mashable that may sometimes include advertisements or sponsored content.