You guys really don't want us to impersonate Elon it seems,(reply>), @Jerrod Shack liberals have to gaslight and exaggerate thing over agian,(reply>), @Kawaiisicle The thing is, I never said anything about sticking it to the Twitter elites, it's merely an observation of their childish reactions. Free accounts will still be swarming with bots. I still don't see why any sane person is so upset by changes that in reality, won't affect anyone except those who voluntarily do something. Twitter will make some money from suckers instead of advertisers, that's all.,(reply>), @Cereal Port the new implementation does not verify users. For one, the simple fact that it's accessible to anybody with $8 to buy in means the volume of requests is going to skyrocket and as a result the scrutiny of checks will decrease so as to not have a colossal backlog (or to slow the flow of income). It's necessarily going to function worse because they are simply not going to be verifying every single Twitter Blue user to the same degree as public figures they could vet on a voluntary basis. <br><br>The new implementation doesn't verify anything other than the user being a paying customer, which will absolutely be a good way to vet bot accounts, don't get me wrong — but it will not serve as a verification for anything other than a user's likelihood of being a human. There is absolutely going to be a second verification process made that will serve the EXACT same function as the original checkmark, meaning all this faux-populist "stick it to the Twitter elites" lip service is going to be pointless.,(reply>), @Kawaiisicle The analogy is a load of crap, plain and simple. The original implementation was to verify users, the new implementation is to verify users, but now more people can do it easily if they want... so what?,(reply>), @Cereal Port you're completely missing the point of the analogy. Whether or not there is narcissism and vanity tied to the checkmark is completely irrelevant. The checkmark serves to fulfill a purpose and the purpose is being undermined by the new implementation. Whether or not there are narcissists upset by the change doesn't change the fact that a technical feature critical to the platform is being completely undermined.<br><br>Elon even knows it! He literally tried to make a second checkmark that serves the <b>exact</b> same function as the original, because the change to the first one defeated the purpose. It couldn't possibly be spelled out more clearly.