Verification on #Twitter was sought after because it conveyed status. Now a blue check is meaningless or even suggests that those paying for it have fallen for a scam.
The Verge explains:
“The basic truth of cool, as anyone can tell you, is that trying to be cool is not cool, and paying to be cool is for suckers.”
theverge.com/2023/4/4/23668722…
Elon Musk’s obsession with blue checks is a verified problem
The verification mark originally was meant as a service. Musk is selling it as a status symbol. Unfortunately, that makes it less valuable.Elizabeth Lopatto (The Verge)
Troll
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •costrike
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Vitor Py
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •"So don't debate, a player straight
You know he really doesn't get it anyway
Gonna play the field, and keep it real
For you, no way, for you, no way
So if you don't rate, just overcompensate
At least, you'll know you can always go on ricki lake
The world needs wannabes
So hey hey, do that brand new thing"
as in the old Offspring song about Elon.
Steve Cromwell
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •I used to aspire to a blue check, the way you'd aspire to a Grammy or Pulitzer.
Now it's like an ugly hood ornament that even if someone bought one for me, I'd bash it off with a baseball bat.
Queen of the Sinking Ship
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Andy Knudsen
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Dwight Silverman
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •The core reason for verification was to confirm that you are who you say you are. Other people assumed there was status to it ... and too many verifieds bought into that false narrative, sadly.
For most journalists, it let sources know that, when you approached someone seeking information, you are indeed a bona fide member of the press.
Gene Mikulka
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •KarynDoc
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Chris Trottier
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Why the Blue Check is a terrible feature - HedgeDoc
blog.atomicpoet.orgCharles Johnson
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Charles Johnson
in reply to Charles Johnson • • •Sheril Kirshenbaum
in reply to Charles Johnson • • •@Green_Footballs Exactly. My Twitter account still exists bc I don’t want others to take over the handle. Last time I checked, it still had a blue check, but I suppose it will take some time to remove them.
Accounts have impersonated me on Twitter & here on Mastodon. So a blue check had value as a reliable way to distinguish my content from those fake accounts. Now it’s meaningless & has no value.
Thomas H Jones II
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Adrian Morales
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •@infosec_jcp 🐈🃏 done differently
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Ralphieboy
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Jim colahan
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •AT-AT Assault 🏳️⚧️
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •“The basic truth of cool, as anyone can tell you, is that trying to be cool is not cool, and paying to be cool is for suckers.”
That IS a basic truth, but not anyone could tell you that. If everyone knew it, you wouldn't have people *trying* to be cool.