FWIW, when I got my blue checkmark I had something like 6k followers; not exactly a popular account. I did it because there were some copycat accounts and I was

FWIW, when I got my blue checkmark I had something like 6k followers; not exactly a popular account. I did it because there were some copycat accounts and I was dealing with some nasty harassment. The process was painless and it helped a whole hell of a lot in the end.