Because they used to only give them to celebrities and journalists, who thought they were so special and important, so Elon took them away from the elites and then made it so anyone who is willing to pay can have a checkmark and then made it so the algorithm would boost the posts of those who have them. So now everyone can see that WE'RE the important ones.
hmmm. She can still post though, correct? Why do we love the blue check mark?
Because they used to only give them to celebrities and journalists, who thought they were so special and important, so Elon took them away from the elites and then made it so anyone who is willing to pay can have a checkmark and then made it so the algorithm would boost the posts of those who have them. So now everyone can see that WE'RE the important ones.