Twitter uses visual identity signals like labels and badges on account profiles to help distinguish between various account types and to give more context about them. While some of these labels are generated by Twitter, others are the result of user activity. Here is a list of the labels and badges that are frequently seen on account profiles. Applied Profile labels by Twitter Checkmark in Blue The blue checkmark can indicate one of two things: either that a user's account has been verified according to Twitter's previous verification standards (active, notable, and authentic), or that the user has an active subscription to Twitter Blue, the company's new subscription service that launched on iOS on November 9, 2022. The active, notable, and authentic criteria that were applied in the previous process will not be reviewed for accounts that receive the blue checkmark as part of a Twitter Blue subscription. Here is more information about the blue checkmark. Gold Checkmark The
Examining the Higgs boson in more detail may provide the answer to why gravity is so weak. An illustration of Earth bending a grid of space-time. (Image credit: Getty Images) Why, in comparison to the other four fundamental forces, is gravity so weak? It would still be the weakest force by a factor of a billion billion billion, even if it were a billion times stronger. The odd fragility of gravity stands out, almost begging for an explanation. Strangely, the Higgs boson's mechanics and the fundamental properties of space-time may hold the key to gravity's weakness rather than gravity itself. Pick up some paper. Congratulations! You have successfully resisted the planet's total gravitational pull. Gravity is by far the weakest of the four fundamental forces of nature, therefore it didn't require much effort. In one metric, the strong nuclear force—the strongest of all forces—is a thousand billion billion times weaker than gravity. Here's another perspective on the