And yet the process to grant bluecheck was to literally check personal id, and grant it to whoever had media presence. For years, you could request verification, send a couple of links citing you, provide a government-issued ID and that was it.

Twitter verified literally every public figure it could - regardless of politics - even those who didn't seem to need verification. However, being a niche contrarian blogger does not make you a public figure, and that's where I feel the resentment is located.

That’s just straight up a total lie. Everyone who was self-aware in 2017 or is able to use Google can confirm that. I don’t even understand what is the point of such blatant gaslighting.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/twitt...

https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/15/twitter-v...

Yeah, I overstated that. It's not relevant to my main point, by I'll give you that.