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Also, twitter shows the comments from "verified" handles on the top of other comments. Government sponsored trolls have unlimited flow of money to buy verified

• pityJuke 3y ago
  > Also, twitter shows the comments from "verified" handles on the top of other comments. This is the exact main problem with paid Verification. Blue tweets surface to the top, disproportionate to the attention they actually receive, meaning you're more likely to see them. You're effectively paying for attention.
• whamlastxmas 3y ago
  The problem isn’t money, it’s unique phone numbers and credit card numbers. Over time there is much easier ways to detect and mass ban platform manipulation accounts. I’m sure the government of India can make as many numbers and cards as they want, but the problem is still that Twitter can know who issued both and a lot of information about them, including if they’re burner numbers. It still helps tremendously
  • ceejayoz 3y ago
    That’s the promise. Whether they do anything with it is questionable. https://imgur.com/a/6blpTqF https://imgur.com/a/6blpTqF shows my recent advertiser blocks from about 10 mins of browsing. Clearly inauthentic accounts, some paying the $1k gold check fees.