What The Symbols & Check Marks Next To Android Text Messages Really Mean

Google Messages shows check marks and other symbols on your texts to hint at what's happening behind the scenes. Here's what each of these means.
Fast Company

Behind the design of Twitter’s blue check—and how it became a polarizing symbol

The design of Twitter’s blue check may play a role in why people have so many strong feelings about such a tiny little mark. Elon Musk’s newly unveiled plan to allow Twitter users to sport the social ...
CNN

How Elon Musk transformed Twitter’s blue check from status symbol into a badge of shame

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 promptly ...
The New York Times

Twitter Begins Removing Check Marks From Accounts

Elon Musk, the owner of the social media service, has begun to charge a subscription fee for the verification symbol. By Kate Conger SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter began removing check mark icons from the ...