It doesn’t seem to matter what text you’re adding to your bio — I added a few spaces, then got my check back for a moment. It even showed up with the old text that designates that I am “notable in government, news, entertainment, or another designated category,” and I did not, in fact, pay for this. But once you refresh the page it disappears (which I am grateful for, because I do not want people to think I am giving Elon Musk money). In fact, it’s unclear whether anyone else can even see your check briefly reappear (which, again, I am grateful for, because I do not want people to think I am giving Elon Musk money).

Twitter still retains code that shows which users are legacy verified, as opposed to Blue verified. So, this bug is likely caused by a glitch involving those internal designations. But we can’t know for sure, because if we were to email Twitter asking for comment, they would just email us back a poop emoji. Once again, it seems that if you lay off the majority of your staff, your social platform will not be coded particularly well.