The backlash is funny. USPS does the same thing for mail forwarding to verify identity and legitimacy. It’s not like this is some crazy money-making idea from Elon.
> It’s not like this is some crazy money-making idea from Elon.
It's going to give him real name, street address, and zip/postal code for these users; for a company that makes most of its money off ads, that's absolutely money-making.
I remember having to send a euro for a service (can't remember which, only that I was building my rack at the time, but it might have been for a car pooling service), but it was immediately reimbursed upon reception from the service provider.
People need their mail, because they can't things like social security checks without it. It's not clear that anyone really needs Twitter, except for influencers and bot-shops.