As someone who initially paid for a blue check the idea was appealing to increase signal vs noise, I detested all the scam / spam comments and posts.

I didn’t understand the rush to remove checks for existing notable accounts - and then forcing checks on folks and claiming they were paying is absolutely pathetic.

I share this because I was part of target market and was open to paying. If I cancelled mine I’ve got to imagine others will too - be interesting to get some data