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> “this is who you expect it is” Very useful. > “this is a person who speaks with authority of some sort, listen to them” Rather, "this is a person that peop

> “this is who you expect it is” Very useful. > “this is a person who speaks with authority of some sort, listen to them” Rather, "this is a person that people at Twitter have blessed with authority. It's astounding that you care what we think." > “someone pays eightbux” To have their identity verified. This is where I pretend to be shocked that a certain class of people prefer arbitrary credential grants by unelected authorities, and that they look at a simple identity verification service that accepts anyone who is willing to show their papers and pay with absolute contempt. $8 cheapens their pageant award.

notahacker 4y ago
> This is where I pretend to be shocked that a certain class of people prefer arbitrary credential grants by unelected authorities, and that they look at a simple identity verification service that accepts anyone who is willing to show their papers and pay with absolute contempt. No, they think arbitrary credential grants by unelected authorities that attempted to verify people were who they said they were represented a more useful verification service than one which initially made anyone who was willing to pay $8 a "verified" account in the name of a famous person and still doesn't actually check identity. This is where I pretend to be shocked that a certain class of people will insist a clusterfuck of such epic proportions they had to suspend it for a month after launch was actually a genius move.
platz 4y ago
> $8 cheapens their pageant award. did you care about the so-called "pageant award"?
libraryatnight 4y ago
It was never a pageant. It was a way for people to know they were following the famous person they wanted to follow and interact with. You're kind of scaring me that there's an actual contingent of humans that felt slighted by the notion nobody cared who they were, but people would like to know they're actually following taylor swift.

notahacker 4y ago

> This is where I pretend to be shocked that a certain class of people prefer arbitrary credential grants by unelected authorities, and that they look at a simple identity verification service that accepts anyone who is willing to show their papers and pay with absolute contempt. No, they think arbitrary credential grants by unelected authorities that attempted to verify people were who they said they were represented a more useful verification service than one which initially made anyone who was willing to pay $8 a "verified" account in the name of a famous person and still doesn't actually check identity. This is where I pretend to be shocked that a certain class of people will insist a clusterfuck of such epic proportions they had to suspend it for a month after launch was actually a genius move.

platz 4y ago

> $8 cheapens their pageant award. did you care about the so-called "pageant award"?

libraryatnight 4y ago

It was never a pageant. It was a way for people to know they were following the famous person they wanted to follow and interact with. You're kind of scaring me that there's an actual contingent of humans that felt slighted by the notion nobody cared who they were, but people would like to know they're actually following taylor swift.