The Gray “Official” Check Mark Debuts, Is Killed Immediately, Is Perhaps Resurrected
Gray Check Mark passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, surrounded by angry software engineers and millions of bewildered platform users. It’s sad to see a product feature go so young. Designed to be a free verification method for government accounts, commercial companies, business partners, major media outlets, and publishers, Gray Check Mark was not with us long! Young and feisty and eager to assist with Twitter’s suddenly incomprehensible verification efforts, Check Mark was actually born only several hours before it died. It will be remembered for its redundancy as a feature, its odd pallor, and its unyielding optimism in the face of a totally incoherent product strategy. But hark! Late Thursday night, it seemed to return, though for whom and for how long are unclear.
