> Musk sponsoring a handful of VIPs with free bluechecks on what is apparently a personal fandom basis (eg. Stephen King) You’re getting that backwards. King,

> Musk sponsoring a handful of VIPs with free bluechecks on what is apparently a personal fandom basis (eg. Stephen King) You’re getting that backwards. King, LeBron, and Shatner all prominently spoke out against paying for a check. King was the one responsible for the $8 price point after his first refusal to pay $20. This is Musk’s petty, clumsy idea of revenge against them, though inflicting something you are ostensibly trying to sell as a punishment that they view as a mark of shame is perhaps not brilliant marketing. Oh, and you forgot Musk’s threatening to sue Microsoft when they said they wouldn’t pay for Twitter API access.