Elon Musk Sells Gold Badges After Devaluing Twitter's Blue Checkmark

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Elon Musk Sells Gold Badges After Devaluing Twitter's Blue Checkmark
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Elon Musk now offers a Gold Badge on Twitter for $1000/month to prove a company's legitimacy, replacing the blue checkmark that was once a way to identify verified accounts. Twitter's verification process has become murky, and the platform now allows "non-toxic slurs" as long as they are not hate speech. Premium advertisers have fled from Twitter, and the platform's future seems uncertain.

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