> Paying for a badge instead of earning it beats the idea of social trust

Well apparently they're now labeling accounts as 'official' so users can distinguish between a mere $8.00/mo tick versus a notable, official account.

I'm going to sign up for it. If it means I'm not shadowbanned and get noticed in people's feeds more, then this is a win.

Also Twitter Blue drastically separates the wheat from the chaff. People don't like spending good money to spam (unless I'm wrong, maybe there's a tonne of spammers leveraging Twitter Blue so they can spam).