Twitter will finally verify more accounts: How to get the blue check

Twitter users itching to get verified on the social media site can soon apply for the coveted blue badge. In 2017, Twitter paused public submissions for verification amid confusion about what the blue check mark next to a person's profile meant. The decision came after the company drew flack for verifying the account of a white supremacist. It later pulled the badge. Some view the badge as a status symbol. Others see it as a sign that Twitter had endorsed certain accounts, which wasn't the company's intention. Blue check marks remain rare. About 360,000 accounts are verified. That's just 0.2% of Twitter's 199 million monetizable daily active users. On Thursday, Twitter announced that it will reopen applications for verification to the public over the next few weeks. To get the blue badge, you'll have to make the case that your account is "notable, authentic and active."