#bluetick — Public Fediverse posts

I find it difficult to see the value in paying a premium solely for a badge that signifies perceived authenticity and visibility on a corporate platform. I believe that our genuine selves shouldn't be subject to additional charges. As a result, I have decided to direct my support and resources elsewhere.

#humane #tech #capitalism #meta #metaverified #bluetick #socialmedia #selfworth #activism #digitalrights #boycott #finance #costofliving #authenticity #fediverse #decentralisation #economy #web3 #philosophy #digitaldetox

Elon Musk’s X to stop allowing users to hide their blue checks - Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto)

X will soo... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2016878 #twitterverified #bluecheckmark #socialmedia #bluetick #elonmusk #xpremium #twitter #policy #x

35) Day 305

#Twitter / #X’s formerly valued #BlueTick has now degenerated into a tool for scammers and frauds. #TheGuardian has the story below.

It’s extraordinary to see how quickly #ElonMusk has destroyed one of #SocialMedia’s premium brands

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/27/consumers-complaining-x-targeted-scammers-verification-changes-twitter

False and misleading posts about the Ukraine conflict continue to go viral on major social media platforms, as Russia's invasion of the country extends beyond 500 days.

Some of the most widely shared examples can be found on Twitter, posted by subscribers with a blue tick, who pay for their content to be promoted to other users.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66113460

#Ukraine #Russia #WarInUkraine #Disinformation #FakeNews #SocialMedia #Twitter #BlueTick

I guess the #Twitter #bluetick brigade is worried about #Threads anyway.

Apparently, they are doing a lot of #censorship to reich-wing accounts already.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Twitter%20Killer%22&src=trend_click&vertical=trends

Slightly surprised that no-one (that i've seen) has done this obvious riff on the #bluetick situation:

Yup, fully lovin' this essay on #socialmedia verification through the lens of #anthropology & #evolutionarytheory

https://www.sapiens.org/biology/twitter-blue-tick-signaling/

That little #BlueTick ain't all its cracked up to be anymore...
(Was it ever, #SocialMedia pals?)

@ELSimms @[email protected]

also, #Elno has created a platform for some terrible people to make a profitable living by giving kids #measles

that big pink button lets people pay them

working within the system seems like the beast strategy for now, unless you've got a better idea for how to thwart them?

though i vaguely expect Musk's next terrible idea will be to only let #BlueTick accounts write #CommunityNotess … I'll do this work for free, but paying him to do it is probably when I'd give up…

"Google has added blue verification checkmarks to Gmail" - @neowin https://www.neowin.net/news/google-has-added-blue-verification-checkmarks-to-gmail/

Blue ticks are fast becoming a thing #Gmail #Google #BlueTick #verification

Dev Bounty: "TICK OFF"

A Chrome plugin to block all Twitter activity by users whose accounts bear a #BlueTick #BlueCheckMark
(individual ignore rules: to manually approve acct)

PASS IT ON
#bounty #developers #developer #chrome #tickoff

The other place has got *really* blue-ticky. By that I mean twitter shows me replies from 8 blue tick anti-vaxxers rather than replies from people I might want to engage with. I don't know how twitter used to choose which replies to show me, and it was probably bad, but now it's really bad. #twitter #musk #bluetick

This really highlights why the #Twitter #Bluetick is such a disaster for #ElonMusk and Twitter.

#BlueTick #BlueCheckMark #ChooseLove #TheTick

At what point do people like #StephenKing quit #Twitter ?
With #Elon boosting the #BlueTick all he has now is an endless list of hate against him being promoted under every #tweet.
@neilhimself @georgetakei @stephenfry

Perhaps if Musk set both "@/twitter" mentions and the "report" function to respond with a poo emoji as well the holdouts might finally get the hint…
#Twitter #BlueTick

Genuinely amazing how #Elon #Musk has driven almost all celebrities and power users with millions of followers to disavow and disrecommend his #BlueTick product over the weekend. Such a business #genius https://slate.com/technology/2023/04/elon-musk-twitter-blue-checkmarks-verification-lebron-james.html

I’m still lurking on 🐦 (this will be xp’d from 🐘) but found a new game there: look at replies to 1M+ follower accounts that disavow their renewed blue ticks. So much fury from #BlueTick nobodies, so easy to #BlockTheBlue in case that dying hellsite doesn’t 💀

#Twitter restores blue tick to high profile accounts

Twitter restores the verified blue badge to accounts that insist they did not pay for a subscription.

> but their #credibility is lost, and there really isn’t any doubt to give it a benefit of.
#bluecheck #BlueBadge #BlueTick

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65365366?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

@universalhub very good information, also seeing the difference between #stanford and #harvard - but not sure if harvard paid for #BlueTick and what stanford did to have no blue tick

#BlueTick #BlueCheckMark #TheTick

Der kleine Unterschied.
#bluetick

Elmo's randomly fluctuating #Twitter #BlueTick policy is like someone hastily putting up, then removing and moving, emergency exit signs on an Escher staircase that's on fire.

@Sarklor

Me:

Still cooler than anyone who buys a blue tick.

"The only winning move is not to play."

#BlueTick #EpicGames #WarGamesMovie