Brian Prattthe replies here, mostly from blue-checkmark folks, are a great example of what it looks like to be in a cult, maybe even a cargo-cult because it feels like a lot of these people are "faking it til they make it" in a way
I hate to paint with a broad brush, but I can't deny the growing feeling that having the blue checkmark is an indication that you buy into, and want to sell, a bunch of hustle-culture bullshit (which, in my experience, almost never stands up to actual critical thought)