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> The blue check-mark saga - destroying a lot of it's hard-earned value Hard-earned value? Please tell us this is satire. Are you referring to the creation of
by housemusicfan 3y ago
> The blue check-mark saga - destroying a lot of it's hard-earned value
Hard-earned value? Please tell us this is satire.
Are you referring to the creation of the segregated online society of haves and have-nots? Where many of the checks were handed out based not on merit but on industry connections?
The blue checks were one of the biggest displays of inequity in all of modern existence, and we are all fortunate that the old model was swiftly killed off.
- rejectfinite 3y ago[flagged]
- donkeybeer 3y agoThe checkmark didn't represent any privilege, it meant verifiability that the account is actually that person. It makes sense it was mainly used by celebrities who are going to have a lot of impersonators.