San Francisco 49ers long-snapper Taybor Pepper expressed his frustration after losing his verified status on Twitter. He took shots at Elon Musk, the owner of the platform, for implementing a new verification process that requires users to subscribe to Twitter Blue for $8 per month. Pepper referred to Twitter as a "crumby website" but seemed upset about losing his verified status. NBA superstar LeBron James also refused to pay for the blue checkmark and his representative confirmed that he didn't subscribe to Twitter Blue. Twitter's decision to eliminate legacy checkmarks sparked debate among users.