28 net legacy subscribers for #TwitterBlue since removing legacy verifications... #ElonMusk's removal of legacy blue verification badges last week was met with a giant shoulder shrug from just about everyone. Athletes, celebrities, and users generally did not bite on the need to restore their blue check after the decision was made to remove them. Needless to say, Musk and his team at Twitter significantly overvalued how much value people put into their blue check marks and the service itself. Even if the monthly price for the blue tick did not cost more than your standard latte, a subscription to a streaming service, and is cheaper than #YouTubePremium, the low price did not entice many people to jump on board for access to longer tweets, an edit feature, and increased visibility, amongst a few other features. In fact, according to Travis Brown, who keeps track of verified accounts, Twitter Blue only gained a net 28 subscribers from previous legacy accounts as of a few days ago. Of course, this number can increase, but Musk did not want to wait for that. Instead, he started giving out Twitter Blue, for free, to every user with over 1 million followers, seemingly to try a “FOMO” approach. I mean, he doesn’t respond to the press anymore, so who knows the actual reason? Anyway, celebrities like #IceSpice got on Twitter only to discover their account was now verified and subscribed to Twitter Blue. Spice even sent out a tweet making it clear that she did not pay for this service. As I noted previously, many Twitter users frown upon people “paying for Twitter,” and users who do regularly get humiliated on the platform. Whether or not that was her reason, she clearly did not want to be subscribed to Twitter Blue and did not sign up herself.