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Lost your Twitter check mark? Here's what you can get for the price of Twitter Blue

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CHICAGO (CBS)-- Many verified Twitter users have lost their blue checkmarks as Elon Musk requires Twitter Blue subscriptions.

The subscription price starts at $8 a month to verify your identity. Twitter had about 300,000 verified users under the original blue-check system — many of them journalists, athletes and public figures.

For reference, here's what you can buy for around the same price as Musk's monthly Twitter fee: 

  • Hot Dog at Wrigley Field for $6.49
  • Starbucks (The Loop) Grande Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino for $6.65
  • Metra day pass for $6
  • CTA unlimited ride 1-day pass for $5
  • Cheddar fries at The Wiener's Circle for $5.75/ Char burger for $7
  • Office chair on Facebook Marketplace for $5
  • The New York Times for $4 per month for first year 
  • Apple TV+ for $6.99 per month   
  • Donation to a local charity of your choice for $8

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