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The action results from the fact that the blue check used to mean something.
by Krasnol 2y ago
The action results from the fact that the blue check used to mean something.
- dragontamer 2y agoIt still does mean something. The fact that cryptoscams and other such people are using blue-checkmarks to trick others today on Twitter is proof of the dark pattern. What is the point of a "verification" system that lets scammers in? Obviously the scammers find the $8/month blue checkmark to be worthy enough to spend. There was that one Russian Bot account people were making fun of that ran out of ChatGPT tokens with a blue checkmark as well. So you're getting bots and scammers in on the "verified" mark (and Twitter is literally profiting from them by taking their money). I think that's worthy to call attention in some countries. EU doesn't like this kind of stuff for example. So I'm not surprised to see EU action on this situation alone.
- sunaookami 2y ago>The fact that cryptoscams and other such people are using blue-checkmarks to trick others today on Twitter is proof of the dark pattern That already has happened way before Musk took over. Nothing changed. At least now people are more wary that blue checkmark doesn't mean "I can trust this user".
- dragontamer 2y agoNo. Today cryptocoin scams have blue checkmarks when before they didn't. That's why 'Elon Musk airdrop cryptocoin' message is basically today's Nigerian Prince scam. If you can get a blue checkmark for just $8 and call yourself Elon Musk (or any other celebrity), you'll easily make more money on the scam than you spend on a throwaway account.
- sunaookami 2y ago>No. Today cryptocoin scams have blue checkmarks when before they didn't. They also had blue checks before. I know this because I use Twitter for over 10 years now.
- dragontamer 2y agoBut they weren't able to have a blue checkmark while impersonating celebrities.