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by andrei_says_ 1315 days ago
> Which apparently is worth less than nothing.

It’s much worse than that. Selling the verification check mark to anyone with $8 poisoned the platform instantaneously.

It’s a bit like the DMV suddenly starting to sell driver licenses without any proof that you are who you say you are. Immediate erasure of the trustworthiness of any driver’s license, forever.

I cannot imagine that Musk was not aware or made aware of this consequence. He did it anyway.

Possibly after firing the people who warned him.