Yes, lots of people paid that 8.00 fee to pretend they were someone else.
Interesting that you’ve adopted the CNN narrative on the $8 blue check marks. Color me shocked!
No one can pay $8 to pretend they’re someone else. That’s not how it works. In the olden days, the long-long-ago, blue check marks were given to signify that someone’s account had been vetted as legitimate, and the identity proven by Twitter’s researchers. The verification was free, and all you had to do was apply for it… and be selected by Twitter’s researchers for validation.
Many, many people applied for a blue check mark but were never selected for validation because they didn’t toe the CNN-party line or were otherwise deemed deplorable. This is what Elon’s $8 fee addresses. Anyone, of any political persuasion can now request validation and, after having their identity confirmed (and paying their $8 fee to cover the research) get their blue check mark.
That’s what has CNN so upset. Now, even deplorables can have their accounts validated
via the same research that was used to previously confirm only good comrades.
There was recently a hilarious dust-up over the matter that had the Tinmen losing their minds. CNN issued the narrative that the new system meant that anyone could pay $8 for a blue check on any account, even a stolen identity (never minding the facts of how a blue check is issued). So, doing her duty as one of your fellow Tinmen, Cathy Griffen changed her name to Elon Musk, used his avatar, and started posting a bunch of stuff that made him look bad.
The Tinmen claimed that this proved their narrative and, when Twitter banned Kathy Griffen’s account, also claimed that this proved that Elon Musk was willing to censor unflattering speech.
Of course, the whole thing was hilariously ironic because (don’t expect CNN to tell you this part) one of the existing rules of blue check marks was that you couldn’t change your name from the one that twitter’s research team had researched and validated and, if you did, you would be banned for it. So, Kathy Griffen inadvertently proved CNN’s narrative wrong.
Nothing has changed in the blue check mark system other than that conservatives are now eligible to receive them, and everyone who requests use of Twitter’s resources to confirm their identity has to pay an $8 monthly fee.
And, here we find ourselves, with you dutifully repeating CNN’s blatant gas-lighting of Elon Musk because he’s been placed into the basket of deplorables, and is now a subject of your Two Minutes Hate
He said "freedom of speech not freedom of reach and said hate speech would be not highlighted but still allowed.
