What made twitter so successful? The blue checkmark

This article is quite interesting. From the EFF, Without Verification, What Is the Point of Elon Musk’s Twitter? is the article title.

I can see what the author of this article is getting at. There were good reasons to be verified, like Brian Krebs for example, a reporter who covers the underground. I’ve been seeing toots from him saying he’s not interested in Twitter anymore.

One other superstar, Lebran James, the basketball player for the Lakers, made it clear he won’t pay for his checkmark.

I saw that tweet pop up on my account(s) through my phone, even though I don’t follow him.

Suffice it to say, it looks like it’ll be true where Twitter will try to sell verification once again through forcing people to pay for the privelage of having the mark.

I personally will not pay for any of my accounts, and I’ve already lost the most important thing, two factor.

I guess we’ll see what happens with the product in the coming months.

Sobering stats, like Twitter being practicly last doesn’t surprise me in the least.

Have you read this article and what did you think?