> I can promise you that working journalists derive zero value, social status, or self-esteem from [being verified] That’s totally missing the point. Journalis

> I can promise you that working journalists derive zero value, social status, or self-esteem from [being verified] That’s totally missing the point. Journalists want to be read. If Twitter decides to have verified accounts show up earlier in the search results, or in some aggregated feeds, journalists will pay the 8 bucks. Twitter in that regard is the opposite of Youtube. Youtube’s bread and butter is make litlle known content creators famous because they’re good (and sell ads on top of it). Nobody gives a shit about content on Twitter - Twitter is ALL ads. So journalists will pay to have their voices heard cause Twitter is in essence an ad network for personal brands.