Tumblr pokes fun at Twitter by lettings users buy up to 24 “important” checkmarks for their profiles

After Twitter announced that they are letting their users (from specific regions) purchase their own blue verification checkmark by subscribing to Twitter Blue for USD 8, many protested it as it basically defeats the purpose of a verification checkmark. One of its competitors, Tumblr, recently introduced a feature that lets its users have two “Important Blue Internet Checkmarks” for the same price—and you can also apparently stack them and buy up to 24 checkmarks, just for laughs. Tumblr has been seeing a rise in popularity again ever since Elon Musk had been trying to handle Twitter. The platform also posted a timely thread on Twitter trying to convince users to migrate. This includes them mentioning that Tumblr has a “free edit button“—something that Twitter has only offered to paying users. Additionally, Tumblr has introduced two “Important Blue Internet Checkmarks” that users can purchase for USD 7.99 (one cent less than getting just one checkmark on Twitter). It also stressed that the checkmarks aren’t a verification status, but rather an “important blue checkmark, which in 2022 is just as legit”. That joke refers to how Twitter now lets users purchase their own blue checkmark just by subscribing to Twitter Blue. This has led
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