The only reason Elon Musk bought Twitter–in October 2022–was because he wanted to build a "maximally trusted" platform that encouraged "free speech." He assured us, back then, that he most definitely wasn't in it to make money. Did you believe him? I didn't. And having just heard about his new 'blue tick' verification policy that basically means you now have to pay if you want to go viral on Twitter, I don't think I've been proven wrong. Hiding most of Twitter behind a paywall is definitely not something a man who has no interest in making money from Twitter would