10 Memes About The Controversial New Twitter Verification System

Elon Musks's Twitter acquisition became one of the most trending topics online during the latter half of 2022. The lead-up to it was full of drama, with Elon Musk, one of the richest people in the world and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, initially offering to buy Twitter and then pulling out of the offer. However, Elon eventually bought Twitter for the huge price of $44 billion, with many commentators saying he paid too much.

There came many changes with Elon's takeover of Twitter. So far, te most controversial is the implementation of an $8 a month payment to receive the verification and blue tick status. This led to an uproar amongst the Twitter community, as many did not believe it was worth the monthly payment. People then began to make hilarious memes of the situation. We have found some of the funniest ones for you to laugh at below!

Many memes emerged about the fact that Wikipedia are still always seeking and needing donations.

When backlash began to occur, one of Elon Musk's main arguments was that people spend this type of money for something like coffee everyday.

Many jokesters and memers ended up paying $8 to pretend to be celebrities or companies, resulting in lots of fake tweets from these fake accounts.

Many people believe that Elon Musk taking over Twitter has lead to/will lead to the death of Twitter – as depicted in this meme.

This meme highlights how Elon Musk was initially unhappy with the amount of bots on Twitter – but now those bots may provide money if they're after the blue tick.