Eight Dollars

Eight Dollars can help you tell the difference between actual verified accounts and twitter blue users.
What is Eight Dollars?
Eight Dollars is a Chrome extension that serves as a Twitter verification tool. It helps users differentiate between genuine Twitter verified accounts and those who have merely paid for their blue checkmark. With this extension, it's a breeze to understand the authenticity of Twitter accounts thus giving you a more secure and reliable Twitter experience.

Extension stats

Users: 10,000+
Version: 2.1 (Last updated: 2024-05-30)
Creation date: 2022-11-12
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 3.34M

Other platforms

Eight Dollars (v1.6)
4.60 (45) 1,969+
Eight Dollars (v2.0)
5.00 (5) 421
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Extension summary

Eight Dollars helps Twitter users differentiate between users that paid for verification and users that were given Twitter Verification.

Got an idea for a feature or issues using the extension? Visit https://github.com/wseagar/eight-dollars/issues

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Helps to distinguish between verified accounts and those who paid for verification.
  • Restores legacy verification indicators that are no longer shown on Twitter.
  • Considered a must-have extension for navigating Twitter.
Cons
  • Marks private accounts as 'paid' accounts mistakenly.
  • Has stopped working following changes to the Twitter domain.
  • Requires updates to function correctly with new redirects.
Most mentioned
  • Extension stopped working due to recent changes.
  • Mislabels private accounts as paid accounts.
  • Valuable tool for identifying legitimate accounts.
Recent reviews
November 6 2024 - Just installed and it works
by Pete Luna, 2024-11-07

It applies the 'Paid' tag to locked accounts, too. That is a major problem in my eyes.
by Jordi (Erbkaiser), 2024-11-05

This has been a great extension but it doesn't seem to be working anymore.
by Jason Gomez, 2024-10-02
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Eight Dollars requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Eight Dollars has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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