But if you are a frequent creator, you're also planning on making the content a viable financial venture. At the very least, Twitter is used as a marketing plat

But if you are a frequent creator, you're also planning on making the content a viable financial venture. At the very least, Twitter is used as a marketing platform. Which means paying $8 a month for what is essentially free hosting for your marketing, is a no brainer. I'm not sure why asking consumers to pay would be a good idea because we already have Patreon. Only a fraction of consumers would actually pay for content, so doing this would probably cause a lot of consumers to leave. Whereas the price for a content creator is very low, even at $20/month. In other words, if you want the blue checkmark, you're definitely interested in the marketing yourself. So, why not pay for that privilege?