I remember when a large portion of Hacker News commenters were praising the blue check changes. Comments such as:

> Fewer bots, less brigading, ideally no ads, less spam, etc.

> I am actually quite optimistic. Let the best ideas win. The blue check elitism is coming to an end.

> Given twitters known bot problem, the number of bluechecks will likely be muuuuch lower as real people start to pay for them, and the real people behind the identities have to pay for them instead of their PR staff running them, but this in turn will make them more valuable and meaningful.