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It seems like for Twitter or Instagram to sell any other sort of status badge would cannibalize their primary status badge: follower count. If they made your number of followers less important than a $50 badge, it could be catastrophic for their growth metrics



Growth metrics don't matter nearly as much when you're making money hand over fist for changing some colors in your UI.




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