When elon said verification would be tied to twitter blue, i figured it meant "we are going to perform verification, i.e. calling official representatives such as agents or company representatives to verify you are who you claim" and that would justify paying for it. But in the end, it was "we are doing even less verification than before, but charging for it". Which...was just stupid to levels beyond comprehension. have to wonder how elon ever made any business successful when he makes such horrible decisions,(reply>), For the most part because those businesses were already going to succeed whether he had a hand in it or not. Paypal, or "banks but online" was an inevitability due to the demand for online payment processing, the rise of environmental awareness will drive a demand for battery-powered vehicles (misguided but inevitable), and frequent unecessary budget cuts to NASA funding paired with increasing demand for satellites meant there was space for the private sector to creep in. Musk is more lucky or <b>*maybe*</b> vaguely market-savvy, though his decisions the last few years have made me question that savvy...