How my Twitter life has been since I lost verified badge, and why I am #notpaying

I knew it was a matter of when, not if, I would have my verified badge on my Twitter profile taken away, after Elon Musk introduced Twitter Blue.

A bot of history. I joined Twitter on February 14, 2008. I was one of the very first Tanzanians to join Twitter. It took 8 years before my account became veried

I knew no one at Twitter HQ, nor did I pay to get my account verified. What I did was simply applying for verification, expecting my application would have been turned down, but luckily it turned…