Comment by adamrezich

Twitter owes most of its success to the Verified Checkmark, and the sorts of people who crave any kind of Officially Verified status that they can lord over the plebs who don't have such access—it was crack cocaine for self-important, narcissistic journalists and media personalities. once anyone could purchase a Verified Checkmark, once the doors to the Secret Cool Kid Clubhouse were thrown wide open, about half of the appeal of the platform (for them) disappeared overnight.