Bluesky rolls out blue check verifications
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Illustration of the Bluesky Social application, Paris, France, January 24, 2025. Photo: Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
Bluesky is adding blue checks to "authentic and notable accounts" in a system that's reminiscent of one that Twitter had before Elon Musk ended it on the platform that's now called X.
The big picture: "Bluesky will proactively verify" such accounts and "display a blue check next to their names" because "trust is everything," per a Monday blog post by the decentralized microblogging platform.
- "Additionally, through our Trusted Verifiers feature, select independent organizations can verify accounts directly," added the social media platform that was created in 2019 by then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who later cut ties with the company.
- "Bluesky will review these verifications as well to ensure authenticity."
Zoom in: Users can self-verify by setting their domain as their username.
- "During this initial phase, Bluesky is not accepting direct applications for verification," the company said.
- "As this feature stabilizes, we'll launch a request form for notable and authentic accounts interested in becoming verified or becoming trusted verifiers."
Flashback: Musk ended X's previous verification system in 2023 and introduced a paid one that allows for anyone to be verified.
- X later gave some prominent accounts with large followings free premium subscriptions to its service and a blue badge.
