In the era of "if it's free, you're the product", I have to admit that this is a strange move. While I personally would never pay 8$/month for the blue check (

In the era of "if it's free, you're the product", I have to admit that this is a strange move. While I personally would never pay 8$/month for the blue check (who cares?), I can understand that someone might want to pay to be up-to-date. 600 posts per day in some cases might not be enough, considering how easy it is to navigate through tweets in an hour or so. However, I think this is the wrong move. I would have added the possibility to monetize with tweets, only accessible to blue checks - like premium content. This way, you pay the content creator and who wants to access special content will have to pay for it (with the subscription first, eventually with micropayments). But never block access to free content, never ever!