Uhm, I am not sure I get the relationship: if anyone can get verified, that's only a win.
By "verified", I assume Twitter has verified that their identity on Twitter matches their real life identity, and I don't see a problem with anyone having an ability to claim that. What's wrong with Jane Random being verified that she _is_ Jane Random?
If people are basing their trust not on someone's identity and history, but on their celebrity (blue mark so far), that's where the problem is.
The problem arises where an account gets verified as one thing and then changes to become another, this happens all the time with trolls who can make/buy/extort verified accounts.
They then spoof being the real person, and verification then means absolutely nothing cause they are functionally identical to a bypasser.
By having verification be really hard to get, trolls have a lot harder time getting accounts and the problem is smaller in scope.
Allowing identity changes without requiring reverification to keep the "verified" status sounds like a problem with an obvious solution: Require revalidation, or remove the mark.
Having initial validation accessible is not the issue here.
By "verified", I assume Twitter has verified that their identity on Twitter matches their real life identity, and I don't see a problem with anyone having an ability to claim that. What's wrong with Jane Random being verified that she _is_ Jane Random?
If people are basing their trust not on someone's identity and history, but on their celebrity (blue mark so far), that's where the problem is.