Embarrassed about paying Musk for Twitter Blue? You can hide the checkmark now

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Twitter’s subscription service has a new feature for users who don’t want the world to know they’re giving $8 a month to Elon Musk: hiding the checkmark.

“As a subscriber, you can choose to hide your checkmark on your account,” says a newly updated page describing the subscription service formerly known as Twitter Blue. The service was renamed “X Blue” to match Musk’s rebranding of Twitter as X.

Even if you choose to hide that checkmark you bought, there’s no guarantee other users won’t figure out that you’re a subscriber. It just won’t be quite as obvious.