Blue checkmarks aren't status symbols. You could always have requested one in the past without paying a dime. The entire point of these things were so that it

Blue checkmarks aren't status symbols. You could always have requested one in the past without paying a dime. The entire point of these things were so that it was an indication that these people are who they say they are: experts and celebrities. This absolute loon wants to charge the people who are the only reason that twitter even still exists.