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70k is a grain of sand relatively.
by halfmatthalfcat 4y ago
70k is a grain of sand relatively.
- croes 4y agoIt depends on the kind of users. Twitter has only 300k users with a blue check. If 70k of them would switch to Mastodon it would have a bigger effect.
- kingkawn 4y agoIf my mother had wheels she would’ve been a bike.
- mattl 4y agoSeveral of us have.
- the_third_wave 4y agoThe term "Blue Check" or "Blue Checkmark" is not exactly a term of endearment so seeing those move to other networks certainly will have an effect. As to whether that effect is a positive or negative for Mastodon remains to be seen.
- Pxtl 4y agoTwitter's main value proposition is that there are VIPs and lesser Internet Famous people to follow on there. There are far better platforms for conversations, but most of those don't give you access to journalists, creators, politicians, etc right down to your local community. A huge number of those VIPs have blue checkmarks.
- the_third_wave 4y ago> A huge number of those VIPs have blue checkmarks. The problem does not lie with the verified identity identified by the blue checkmark but with the fact that many if not most of those "Blue Checks" are hell-bent on "following the narrative" wherever that may lead us. It lies with their vacuous virtue signalling and their "let them eat cake" discourse. They will fly the flags needed to show they are loyal, they will modify their bio to add the required shibboleths while living the good life in their personal enclaves of prosperity, guarded and manicured and pampered.
- Pxtl 4y agoBud literally nobody was talking about any of that. And why is it wrong for people to jump on a bandwagon when the bandwagon is stuff like "trans rights are good" and "invading Ukraine is bad".