This is beside the main point, but it jumped out at me and bothered me the instant I read it:
One blue-check user responded…
Who cares if they have a check or not? Any asshole can just buy one. Blue checks haven’t been “special” for a while now.
The article raises some important issues, but it’s undermining its own tone. Since the article is driven by moral indignation, why make special emphasis of a quote from someone who’s helping support Musk’s cesspool of hate?