If anyone can get a blue checkmark, verification can become way simpler. It turns from "is this person actually notable, and is the user behind this account act

If anyone can get a blue checkmark, verification can become way simpler. It turns from "is this person actually notable, and is the user behind this account actually this notable person" to "does the name on the ID provided by this user match their account name". It goes from a subjective process requiring manual review to one that can be automated with off the shelf tools (if you wanted to get really basic, "does the name verified on this person's credit card match their account name")