Twitter’s blue check mark was once a coveted status symbol. Now, some users are calling it “ the dreaded mark ” or that “ stinking badge.” ...

Days after Elon Musk’s Twitter purged blue check marks from VIP users and prominent organizations, the checks reappeared on the accounts of a number of high-profile figures, many of whom ...

But to other users, the check mark has become a status symbol, unfairly reserved for a select group. It’s a sentiment Mr. Musk, with his feudalist metaphor, appears to share.

Patrick Mahomes, like nearly every other “verified” person who has a Twitter account, witnessed his blue check disappear on Thursday. The two-time Super Bowl MVP, after noticing that his ...