The entire 8$ thing really made them all put their money where their whine hole is, and showed that their "notability" was more important than their principles.
This is why I've come to see Musk's move as genius. He knew the "journalists", elites and self important leftists really, REALLY cared about their blue check marks, so he made them completely worthless, but he knew they would still pay up anyway.
IIRC Wu specifically actually announced he was quitting twitter when the $8 for a checkmark thing was first announced. Being an addict, he lasted less than 24 hours.
The entire 8$ thing really made them all put their money where their whine hole is, and showed that their "notability" was more important than their principles.
Leftists are pathologically incapable of holding a consistent principle.
Majority of people fall into this boat, which is why shallow socialist ideas are so agreeable.
This is why I've come to see Musk's move as genius. He knew the "journalists", elites and self important leftists really, REALLY cared about their blue check marks, so he made them completely worthless, but he knew they would still pay up anyway.
IIRC Wu specifically actually announced he was quitting twitter when the $8 for a checkmark thing was first announced. Being an addict, he lasted less than 24 hours.