https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/09/fake-twitter-blue-check-lebron-musk/

Elon Musk’s mercurial leadership and half-baked product plans are already creating fertile ground for confusion on Twitter.

We’ve lost count of how many times Musk has changed his mind or offered contradictory claims about what a new paid $8 verification badge would do, but after pushing the feature live, fake accounts are seizing on the chaos.