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I have to disagree. The blue check mark does not verify who you are. It verified your political ideology matched up with that of the blue check mark committee

I have to disagree. The blue check mark does not verify who you are. It verified your political ideology matched up with that of the blue check mark committee. Half the US population is already being held hostage by that group. You seem perfectly okay with those people being held hostage but then complain when a rule is applied equally to everyone. Seems to me your idea is: rules for thee but not for me.

mikkergp 4y ago
Candace Owens is Verified, Trump was Verified, Ben Shapiro is verified, Ron Desantis is verified, Trump Jr is verified, Tom Cotton is verified. These are the people who's political ideology matches up with the blue check mark committee? Then again so is Bernie Sanders and Nancy Pelosi. Who is the other half of the US population being held hostage by that group. Do you really think Communists make up 50% of the US population?
- _-david-_ 4y ago
  I don't think anybody is saying people on the right aren't verified. They are saying those on the right are not verified as often. There are lot of people on the left who aren't really well known and have the blue check, but those on the right who aren't well known don't have the check. I don't know the veracity of the claim though.
  - mikkergp 4y ago
    I can’t speak for anyone else but the person I responded to said, unqualified “ The blue check mark does not verify who you are. It verified your political ideology matched up with that of the blue check mark committee. ”
    - _-david-_ 4y ago
      I know. I think they left out a qualification which is why I piped in about what I perceive the actual point was.
  - antifa 4y ago
    Do you have a spreadsheet out there with all bluechecks, plus people who applied who were refused a blue check, their political ideologies, notability metrics, to demonstrate this? Otherwise I think there's too much counter-evidence to your anecdote.
    - _-david-_ 4y ago
      No that is why I said "I don't know the veracity of the claim though." I was trying to clarify what I perceived the actual point was.
- keneda7 4y ago
  Why don't you take a look at not well known people on the right vs not well known people on the left. There is a massive imbalance of checkmarks. There is some arbitrary committee that decides whether or not you get a blue check mark. The person I responded to said its used to verify your identity. If that was the case anyone who verified their identity should have one. But that is not how it worked. You could verify your identity and still not get a blue check mark if the committee decided to not give you one. Also I'm confused where you got communists? I never once said anything about communists. At least try to have a good faith discussion instead of making up random things.
  - RavingGoat 4y ago
    I'm calling bullcrap. Tons of far right people have been verified. Give me a not well know person on the left that has been verified and a comparable right person that was turned down.
    - keneda7 4y ago
      So you are too claiming twitter check marks are for verification. But they are not any more. Its really funny that you know better than actual official twitter support account. https://nitter.net/TwitterSupport/status/930926295034224641 https://nitter.net/TwitterSupport/status/930926295034224641 "This perception became worse when we opened up verification for public submissions and verified people who we in no way endorse" Directly from the horse mouth. Blue check marks are for people they endorse. They changed to rules to ensure it stayed that way.

mikkergp 4y ago

Candace Owens is Verified, Trump was Verified, Ben Shapiro is verified, Ron Desantis is verified, Trump Jr is verified, Tom Cotton is verified. These are the people who's political ideology matches up with the blue check mark committee? Then again so is Bernie Sanders and Nancy Pelosi. Who is the other half of the US population being held hostage by that group. Do you really think Communists make up 50% of the US population?

_-david-_ 4y ago
I don't think anybody is saying people on the right aren't verified. They are saying those on the right are not verified as often. There are lot of people on the left who aren't really well known and have the blue check, but those on the right who aren't well known don't have the check. I don't know the veracity of the claim though.
- mikkergp 4y ago
  I can’t speak for anyone else but the person I responded to said, unqualified “ The blue check mark does not verify who you are. It verified your political ideology matched up with that of the blue check mark committee. ”
  - _-david-_ 4y ago
    I know. I think they left out a qualification which is why I piped in about what I perceive the actual point was.
- antifa 4y ago
  Do you have a spreadsheet out there with all bluechecks, plus people who applied who were refused a blue check, their political ideologies, notability metrics, to demonstrate this? Otherwise I think there's too much counter-evidence to your anecdote.
  - _-david-_ 4y ago
    No that is why I said "I don't know the veracity of the claim though." I was trying to clarify what I perceived the actual point was.
keneda7 4y ago
Why don't you take a look at not well known people on the right vs not well known people on the left. There is a massive imbalance of checkmarks. There is some arbitrary committee that decides whether or not you get a blue check mark. The person I responded to said its used to verify your identity. If that was the case anyone who verified their identity should have one. But that is not how it worked. You could verify your identity and still not get a blue check mark if the committee decided to not give you one. Also I'm confused where you got communists? I never once said anything about communists. At least try to have a good faith discussion instead of making up random things.
- RavingGoat 4y ago
  I'm calling bullcrap. Tons of far right people have been verified. Give me a not well know person on the left that has been verified and a comparable right person that was turned down.
  - keneda7 4y ago
    So you are too claiming twitter check marks are for verification. But they are not any more. Its really funny that you know better than actual official twitter support account. https://nitter.net/TwitterSupport/status/930926295034224641 https://nitter.net/TwitterSupport/status/930926295034224641 "This perception became worse when we opened up verification for public submissions and verified people who we in no way endorse" Directly from the horse mouth. Blue check marks are for people they endorse. They changed to rules to ensure it stayed that way.