Now the next question should be, what is Elon going to be doing now to restore respect and dignity to the blue ticker?
Many, most especially newbies consider this tickers as a means or way they trust accounts they relate or do business with on Twitter, let's just hope that Elon will do what is needed to restore the respect and dignity the ticker commands, and also scrutinize every account that currently have the ticker to make sure they deserve it, those that are discovered to have bought the ticker and do not merit it should be stripped, this will help users know who is truly who in the Twitter community.
Interestingly enough, I have noticed that many media channels and people on Youtube who main talk points are political news are already criticizing Elon Musk, declaring he is literally destroying Twitter as a whole, with the plans he wants to implement there. I find it to be rather strange, I get some people would not agree with his purchase of the company but most of the things he has suggested actually sound good, there are probably some hidden interests behind all this campaign of criticism.
By the way, former Twitter staff has already proven themselves not to be completely trustworthy after the massive account hijacking of 2020.