My understanding was that value of verification was, well, verification that you were, in fact, that person [0]. I wonder if this property will be maintained.

My understanding was that value of verification was, well, verification that you were, in fact, that person [0]. I wonder if this property will be maintained. Otherwise, impersonators can pay to get the blue check. In the long term, maybe this is fine, but in the short term every Twitter user is going to have to adjust from the old meaning of the blue check (user $foo is actually person $foo) to the new meaning (user $foo pays $8/mo). [0] - "The blue Verified badge in Twitter lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic" - https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twitter-verified-accounts https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twit...