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Twitter'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,
by Pxtl 4y ago
Twitter'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".