Instagram, the video and photo sharing service owned by Facebook parent company Meta, could be the next social media platform that tries out paid verification, according to a new rumor.
Code snippets suggest Instagram is working on a subscription plan that includes a blue badge, tweeted app developer and tech leaker Alessandro Paluzzi. He noted that there are only a few references to paid verification in the code. Aside from the color, we don’t know what a paid verification badge would look like.
#Instagram is working on a subscription plan which includes the blue badge 👀
— Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) February 2, 2023
Paluzzi has previously unearthed other potential features hidden in Instagram’s code, like testing songs auto-playing on your profile (a la MySpace) and copying BeReal’s daily candid photo prompts.
Meta didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
