According to Dave Rubin:
It’s brilliant what @elonmusk did with the blue checks. One of the biggest problems on Twitter (which translated to real world problems) was all the verified “journalists” who got verified through corporate overlords. Now the playing field is even, the thing they hate most!
I think the verified tab could still be cleaned up somehow, or have some filters (like people you follow), but clearly this is going in the right direction… @elonmusk