[dragonwriter]

> Isn’t the “verified” check mark meant to indicate that the account doing the tweeting is the famous or notable person they claim they are?

That is what it was, in theory. There are some issues in practice, and in any case Musk has a very different vision of what it is for (the user facing reason seems to be largely “paying for positioning in the algorithm”.)

EDIT: In addition to algorithmic prioritization, you also get a 50% reduction in ads and the ability to post “long video and audio”, per Elon’s recent announcements.