Seeing that the EU will fine him and Apple/Google will remove Twitter from the app stores I think he might want to rethink his unintelligent stance. Please don't come back with he'll create his own phone and destroy Apple. That's laughable.
He's about to reinstate accounts whose sole purpose were to dox people to get them harassed or killed. He seems to only be wanting right wing people to praise and adore him which is a funny way to run a business.
I'm pretty sure if a company asked me to implement a feature for them as part of the interview process and didn't offer to pay me I would know up front that it's a bad company. Maybe you have a point that it is a good "interview" since it flags the place as a crap hole.
Aliases are most definitely used in a real town square... nicknames are common, shortened versions of names are used. Rarely do people go by their full name or sometimes use their middle name instead of their first name.
If my passport says my name is the same as a famous person then should I still be verified? This whole anyone can be verified for $8 a month had zero chance at success.
He comes across as average to slightly above average IQ so he's not stupid. Definitely not a genius though. Just a really, really great self promoter who likes to take credit for other people's work.