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So I learned the history of the blue check came from Tony LaRussa's account being spoofed and he sued them and then they created the verified blue check concept

• ghaff 5y ago
  Certainly spoofing and other forms of impersonation are the reason. But saying that only relatively famous people deserve proactive protection doesn't strike me as a great look. Yes, well-known people are more likely to be targeted and the effects are likely to be greater but I'm not sure that's a justification for withholding verification from everyone else.
  • jimkleiber 5y ago
    The effects are also more likely to be noticeable if impersonating someone famous, whereas easier to skate by if the person is not famous so I agree that they should enable it for all. I don't get it either why they're holding back. I'm at some point where I want someone to make a twitter like platform with mostly if not exclusively verified people, I hope twitter does it but I doubt it, so I hope someone else will. I can get really tired of interacting with people wearing masks or people wearing masks of other people's faces.