...and we wonder why people think Twitter is difficult. Verified icon was something that at least most people kind of understood, so let's confuse them by doing some switch-a-roo.
A lot of folks have asked about how you'll be able to distinguish between @TwitterBlue subscribers with blue checkmarks and accounts that are verified as official, which is why we’re introducing the “Official" label to select accounts when we launch.
A lot of people are assessing Elon and Calacanis's product ideas on their merits.
This is wrong.
The correct lens is: this is a reality TV show of first-time social app founders and it should be consumed as a comedy.