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I don’t understand what the checkmark on Twitter does. I thought it was “identity confirmed” and when Elon started charging for it, it would basically allow an
by wodenokoto 4y ago
I don’t understand what the checkmark on Twitter does.
I thought it was “identity confirmed” and when Elon started charging for it, it would basically allow anyone to confirm they are who they say they are.
Except it allows anybody to say they are anybody and Twitter will go “yep, we can confirm it’s true!”
Like, why the hell does getting the checkmark not update your name to match the credit card used for payment?
- omega3 4y agoI'm guessing it's an equivalent to an expensive watch, fashion label handbag, reddit gold, video game skin.
- bitshiftfaced 4y agoI wonder if the issue is not with personal identities, but with whether you represent a company brand or group.
- StayTrue 4y agoThe meaning changed but the UI did not. Almost as if Elon did not understand the existing meaning before reinventing the blue check. His own Chesterton’s fence.