“Could have avoided all the chaos by just saying hey, everyone has access to verification now, all legacy verified gets 6 months free blue verification,” one employee wrote in Blind, the pseudonymous workplace forum. “Our goal is to provide same access to everyone. Instead we picked fights with our most valuable customers. Now Elon is deciding who gets free Blue. Full circle. There is a lot that Elon is right about, this is just not one of those.”