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[–] [email protected] 112 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I'd think that once you're at the level where you not only stick around in the dumpster fire, but also willingly give your money to this manchild, you lack the awareness needed to see how bad a blue checkmark looks on you anyway.

EDIT: I have been informed that some get the blue checkmark against their will and without paying. Just when you thought xitter couldn't get dumber...

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Iirc just recently they started giving out blue ticks to people with lots of followers, regardless of if they wanted it. Then this week they make it so you can't hide them. It seems like a dim move - piss off the people who bring lots of traffic to your website, but actively decided to not get a blue tick, by forcing the tick on them.
If they didn't leave beforehand, maybe this would make some people/orgs consider leaving?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He’s been forcing blue checks on people since the initial change - with Stephen King, for instance. Basically a way to promote the program and make it look like prominent people are paying, but also a confused mix with the previous verification checks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It really does seem like he's -trying- to kill it

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Only other twitter users see the blue checkmark. The people who think it's dumb aren't around.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

The online equivalent of a dunce cap.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

What the Xorg guys doin again?

Then read "blue checks".

Oh.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We could start a social network called UUayland and really confuse things.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Wayland.social beat you to it (:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Χorg (With greek letter Chi)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Die a moment there I thought you were talking about Jean-Baptiste Zorg.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Jean-Baptiste

Emmanuel

Zorg.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Okay... 🙃

[–] Caligvla -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't get it, what's so bad about blue checkmarks? I know you can "buy" them now, but what of it?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Some beans were hiding it to avoid being scrutinized for paying into Elons platform.but still wanted to have their name, pretty much marketing and loosing money.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think ppl with blue check shitting on elon and twitter were being called out for paying and supporting him.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

People (rightfully) shitting on Elon were forcefully given blue checkmarks and now they can’t hide that mark so that it looks hypocritical.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They were being called 8 buck schmucks.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

Get the pitchforks!