Elon Musk appears to troll Twitter users who complain about being given blue checkmarks for free
campaign. Binder told Insider that Musk started handing them out when the push started"gaining steam".
"That's the whole reason why Musk decided to start 'gifting' or really 'shaming' big accounts that had been vocal about Twitter removing all legacy verified accounts, only verifying people willing to pay Musk for the honor, and wanted to block these accounts," he said.
Celebrities including Lil Nas X and Bette Midler tweeted to announce they hadn't paid for Twitter Blue."On my soul i didn't pay for twitter blue, u will feel my wrath tesla man!" Lil Nas X
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