It's a shame that Twitter (referring to the Twitter community, but especially the corporate entity) has conflated identify verification with a sort endorsement,

It's a shame that Twitter (referring to the Twitter community, but especially the corporate entity) has conflated identify verification with a sort endorsement, including with policies like the one in this article that elevate what blue checks have to say. If they could have avoided that, the solution you propose would be fine, but human nature is to turn every distinction into a symbol of merit.