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Stupidity and unreasonableness of very intelligent people (including scientists) can go to extreme lengths. "Identity verified" should be the most they are awa

Stupidity and unreasonableness of very intelligent people (including scientists) can go to extreme lengths. "Identity verified" should be the most they are awarded. Otherwise, it's just an appeal to authority, and can do more harm than good. TBH though, I am not a twitter user and article is paywalled, but I thought "blue badge" was simply identity-verified indication.

webmaven 5y ago
> I thought "blue badge" was simply identity-verified indication. On one level it is, but the semiotics are a bit more involved; Having a blue badge also indicates "this person is considered prominent enough by Twitter to be worth verifying", or perhaps "Being verified has value to this person".