[umanwizard]

AFAIK that’s a misconstrual. Having a “verified” blue checkmark will cost $8 a month, but using Twitter and saying whatever you want on it will still be free.

[kjeetgill]

I have no horse in this race — I'm not on Twitter — but does anyone know if the blue checkmark boosts your posts in the feed/recommendation engine?

I'd expect it does implicitly at least because people must interact with those users differently.

[fathyb]

It does, verified accounts get prioritized ranking and are listed first in tweet responses.

[joshmanders]

Too many people think that checkmark = free speech and all us peasants using Twitter without it aren't worthy of the mark.