Total and utter nonsense, the Onlyfans empire will outbid Automattic paying just under $20 million. > - Even some legitimate users who'd be willing to pay for

Total and utter nonsense, the Onlyfans empire will outbid Automattic paying just under $20 million. > - Even some legitimate users who'd be willing to pay for a checkmark are reluctant, since it acts as something like tacit approval for Musk himself, in a time when public opinion is low. The virtue signalling will go both ways - some will pay $8 in the sad hope that Elon will notice them. Some will refuse for the reasons you outlined above. Nobody sane will actually give a shit.