How Twitter Is Redefining The Social Media Category

The End Of Legacy Verification & The Rise Of User-Paid Social Media

Twitter's decision to get rid of its legacy blue verification check marks is just the beginning of a new era in social media—one that's dominated by user-paid services.

Twitter introduced the blue check mark in 2009 as a way to verify the authenticity of prominent accounts. It was meant to give users more confidence in the identity of an account they wer…