I agree. People are saying no one wants the blue check mark anymore because it is no longer “cool”. I say give it time. It will become cool again once people realize all the features they can get for only $8.
The value of the check mark (to twitter and non-verified users) was never that it was "cool", it was that you knew the account wasn't a random bot/troll/throwaway. That's something Musk clearly didn't understand because the blue check now has basically no value at all. The fact that a lot of people think it's uncool to have a checkmark now is just another self-inflicted challenge the company has to overcome.
What features? Pay to be ranked higher in the cess pool along with the phrenologists?
Bold and italic text, NFT profile pictures, two-factor authentication, and you can upload videos that are an hour in length. The list goes on.
kind of agree as well. linkedin premium is a good case people will pay for irl video game points.