I hate that they conflate "notability" with "paid subscribers." Clout chasers of a certain kind will subscribe immediately and the company will have some positive cash flow, but it will drive the user perceived value of the platform down. Love it or hate it, having something exclusive you can't pay for is valued by the active user base. It's part of the platforms culture. The opaque internal validation structure only made it even more enticing to influencers.

It's akin to them ditching their social graph in an attempt to complete with TikTok. Sloppy moves like this show how desperate Meta/Mark is becoming.