wart365 t1_j96i3sk wrote on February 19, 2023 at 5:03 PM

>The Coveted Blue Checkmark

god, what an awful thing to represent our generation. But I don't blame Zuck for this as paid subscriptions give him the ability to effectively moderate users.

[deleted] t1_j96q06o wrote on February 19, 2023 at 5:57 PM

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compugasm t1_j97xv15 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 11:04 PM

I enabled the bell icon on Aunt Janice's tombstone, so I can be notified of new content.

smors t1_j9acu3a wrote on February 20, 2023 at 1:52 PM

The original idea was sort of fine. Or at least an honest attempt at fixing an unfixable problem.

For most Twitter users being impersonated isn't really a problem, but for well-known people and organizations it's a major issue. Having a President of the United States twitter account, that twitter has validated as being the real one is a good thing. It means that I can trust that whatever is posted is actually from the POTUS. Same for the Coca-Cola, PETA, The international Commission of the Red Cross and so forth.

It gets ugly when it becomes a sign of having become noteworthy to have it. And when you move a bit down the wellknown scale. There might be more than one who can claim the checkmark for their name. There is apparently an actor called Chris Evans, as well as a radio host. Who gets the mark as being the real Chris Evans?