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This seems like a stretch? The blue checkmark is really nothing more than, I paid for this. It gives you certain benefits on the system and it does amplify you

This seems like a stretch? The blue checkmark is really nothing more than, I paid for this. It gives you certain benefits on the system and it does amplify your voice. But is that really any different than ads? All for criticism of how much X's reputation has been destroyed and a lot of the choices Elon has made, but this one... it doesn't make any sense to me.

dragontamer 2y ago
When you saw a Blue Checkmark next to "Stephen King" in 2021, you knew it was the author Stephen King. When you see a Blue Checkmark next to "Elon Musk" in 2024, you know he's a shitposter who is trying to sell you the most recent cryptocoin scam. There are people who are unaware of the difference between 2021 and 2024. As evidenced by this entire discussion.
- nerdjon 2y ago
  Did Elon Musk not have a blue checkmark before he bought twitter? I was under the impression that all the verified checkmark did was prove who you were. Nothing to do with trustworthiness of the content being posted, just that this account belongs to this person they are claiming to be.
  - dragontamer 2y ago
    The point of a blue checkmark was not only to verify people on Twitter, but also to play to the egos of celebrities to push them to post more often on Twitter. Both of these goals have been destroyed by the $8/month plan. Anyone can get a blue checkmark. Anyone can claim anything on their account today. Celebrities have no more reason to interact with Twitter as much as they did years ago, and the languishing user base makes this all evident. I'm not surprised that the $8/month plan is mostly used by scammers who are tricking people who don't understand the difference between 2021 and 2024 Twitter (likely the elderly or other such people who still place trust in the old system). > Did Elon Musk not have a blue checkmark before he bought twitter? The problem is that you can _today_ get a blue checkmark while claiming to be anyone. The huge number of impersonators on Twitter should be evidence of that.
freejazz 2y ago
>The blue checkmark is really nothing more than, I paid for this. Twitter itself describes the blue checkmarks as verifications.
- cowboylowrez 2y ago
  I like that chess dot com uses a "star", honestly the checkmark icon implies things simply by being a checkmark which is a symbol that has been used in certain ways for awhile. A star has much less baggage about what its supposed to mean. I know that you can ask an ai what x's checkmark actually means but the ai will probably lie to you too, oops I mean hallucinate yeah thats the ticket!
  - freejazz 2y ago
    It says this on Twitter's website, all I did was google "twitter blue checkmark" which took me to a twitter page calling them verification badges. Who cares what shape it is or what an AI has to say about it? What does that have to do with anything?
    - cowboylowrez 2y ago
      well there you go, even the word "verified" will fool people, we've come full circle back to the title of this submission. now sure I know what it means, it means twitter has checked that the "check has cleared this month" or something to that effect but if folks are getting deceived by the blue check mark, I'm going to hazard a guess that "verified" isn't going to help. anyways let me search and see if we can clear this up: Blue checkmark: It currently means two things. 1) An account with this checkmark is a legacy verified account yah ok, let me try again The checkmark does not imply endorsement from Twitter, and does not mean that tweets from a verified account are necessarily accurate or truthful in any way. thats a good definition from wikipedia. lets try x themselves: Accounts that receive the blue checkmark as part of a Premium subscription will not undergo review to confirm that they meet the active, notable and authentic criteria that was used in the previous process. Learn more about the blue checkmark here. so essentially the "check mark" means the "check" has cleared I guess hehe I personally think maybe they should use a different icon for the folks paying, the check mark itself has previous meanings (and really, inherently the "check mark" icon itself sort of goes more with the previous meanings especially those users still left over from the time before the reputation of the site was flushed away haha

dragontamer 2y ago

When you saw a Blue Checkmark next to "Stephen King" in 2021, you knew it was the author Stephen King. When you see a Blue Checkmark next to "Elon Musk" in 2024, you know he's a shitposter who is trying to sell you the most recent cryptocoin scam. There are people who are unaware of the difference between 2021 and 2024. As evidenced by this entire discussion.

nerdjon 2y ago
Did Elon Musk not have a blue checkmark before he bought twitter? I was under the impression that all the verified checkmark did was prove who you were. Nothing to do with trustworthiness of the content being posted, just that this account belongs to this person they are claiming to be.
- dragontamer 2y ago
  The point of a blue checkmark was not only to verify people on Twitter, but also to play to the egos of celebrities to push them to post more often on Twitter. Both of these goals have been destroyed by the $8/month plan. Anyone can get a blue checkmark. Anyone can claim anything on their account today. Celebrities have no more reason to interact with Twitter as much as they did years ago, and the languishing user base makes this all evident. I'm not surprised that the $8/month plan is mostly used by scammers who are tricking people who don't understand the difference between 2021 and 2024 Twitter (likely the elderly or other such people who still place trust in the old system). > Did Elon Musk not have a blue checkmark before he bought twitter? The problem is that you can _today_ get a blue checkmark while claiming to be anyone. The huge number of impersonators on Twitter should be evidence of that.

freejazz 2y ago

>The blue checkmark is really nothing more than, I paid for this. Twitter itself describes the blue checkmarks as verifications.

cowboylowrez 2y ago
I like that chess dot com uses a "star", honestly the checkmark icon implies things simply by being a checkmark which is a symbol that has been used in certain ways for awhile. A star has much less baggage about what its supposed to mean. I know that you can ask an ai what x's checkmark actually means but the ai will probably lie to you too, oops I mean hallucinate yeah thats the ticket!
- freejazz 2y ago
  It says this on Twitter's website, all I did was google "twitter blue checkmark" which took me to a twitter page calling them verification badges. Who cares what shape it is or what an AI has to say about it? What does that have to do with anything?
  - cowboylowrez 2y ago
    well there you go, even the word "verified" will fool people, we've come full circle back to the title of this submission. now sure I know what it means, it means twitter has checked that the "check has cleared this month" or something to that effect but if folks are getting deceived by the blue check mark, I'm going to hazard a guess that "verified" isn't going to help. anyways let me search and see if we can clear this up: Blue checkmark: It currently means two things. 1) An account with this checkmark is a legacy verified account yah ok, let me try again The checkmark does not imply endorsement from Twitter, and does not mean that tweets from a verified account are necessarily accurate or truthful in any way. thats a good definition from wikipedia. lets try x themselves: Accounts that receive the blue checkmark as part of a Premium subscription will not undergo review to confirm that they meet the active, notable and authentic criteria that was used in the previous process. Learn more about the blue checkmark here. so essentially the "check mark" means the "check" has cleared I guess hehe I personally think maybe they should use a different icon for the folks paying, the check mark itself has previous meanings (and really, inherently the "check mark" icon itself sort of goes more with the previous meanings especially those users still left over from the time before the reputation of the site was flushed away haha