Blue-Checks have been verified as real people, and have been paying $5 a month for that status.
That's interesting, especially the part about being verified as a "real person."
What happens if I sign up my dog Fido, identify her as a "real person", and pony up the $5 monthly
extortion membership fee. Does she get a blue check too?
Fakebook got to be stupid in its quest to drown people it didn't like by putting them in Fakebook jail for a while, but AFAIK, paying to play wasn't part of the deal.