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> Think politicians, business leaders, investors, celebrities, influencers, tech workers, journalists. I always found it amusing that common people who are no
by vmoore 5y ago
> Think politicians, business leaders, investors, celebrities, influencers, tech workers, journalists.
I always found it amusing that common people who are not that interesting share the same platform with influential people / thought leaders / celebrities. The fact you can just cold tweet and @mention a famous person out of the blue is highly parasocial and strange.
- handrous 5y agoWell—you can @ their social media manager, anyway. Not much different than "calling your Senator" and getting some secretary in their office. Though I'm sure some do actually use it themselves (Musk seems to, for instance)
- solarkraft 5y agoA lot of them seem to and that's the big deal. Though they likely won't see your mention if they don't follow you.
- artfulhippo 5y agoVerified Users get a separate priority queue; the real benefit of being a Blue Check is that other Blue Checks will see when you mention them.