Elon Musk's X restores free blue checkmarks. Here's what that means.

This week, a few users on Elon Musk X find A surprise waiting For them When they connected In: A blue check brand.

"As A influential member of THE community on X, We have given You A free subscription has X Prime," THE accompanying notification read.

A few recipients were previously checked below THE earlier Twitter diet, only has to have their original blue checks deleted After A ruler change that X owner Elon Musk instituted last year. A few were angry has see them. And a lot are just confused by he everything.

"Question," wrote CNN anchor Sarah Sidner In A X job on THURSDAY. "Or did This blue check suddenly come from?"

It is all THANKS has A policy change Musk announcement last month, but It is impact was delayed: A lot eligible accounts were only notified that they would be be checked This week.

Here is What You should know.

WHO East get A blue check?

All kinds of people. Popular YouTubers, content creators, industry analysts, artists, journalists, researchers, Luke Skywalker And a lot other accounts with big following to have reported be granted A free blue check In THE last little days.

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But even if You Already to have A big audience on X, You should not to wait for has be given A checked blue check unless A significant portion of your followers are paid X customers.

In late March, Musk said on X that, going Before, all accounts with on 2,500 checked subscriber followers would be get "Prime features" — including that blue check — For free. Accounts with more that 5,000 checked follow up, in the meantime, would be get to access has X Prime More features, which among other things include Without advertising X use.