How Elon Musk Turned the Blue Checkmark Into a Scarlet Letter 🐳 A weekend-long masterclass in business failure

Most people, and especially those of us who used to be verified, do not want the new checkmark. We do not want it because having the checkmark is embarrassing. Musk has successfully made it a humiliating thing for someone to pay for Twitter.

The masses are balking at paying for Blue because they think Musk is offering an unworthy product and is also a dickhead.
https://slate.com/technology/2023/04/elon-musk-twitter-blue-checkmarks-verification-lebron-james.html