Update, 10 November: Now the official checkmark has been unrolled out. You couldn’t make this stuff up.

Twitter’s solution for ruining verification is another check mark - The Verge:

Twitter is rolling out another type of check mark to help distinguish accounts that users actually need to know are real. Although you can pay $7.99 per month for a blue check mark with the new version of Twitter Blue, select accounts for governments, companies, or public figures will get a gray “Official” check mark

Twitter is on the pathway to full farce. it reminds me of this clip from The Late Show: