jglypt, to mastodon
@jglypt@mastodon.social avatar

What do verification checkmarks mean on here & how do you get them?

TechDesk, to twitter
@TechDesk@flipboard.social avatar

X will no longer allow users to hide their Premium blue check, even if they didn't want it in the first place.

The new policy comes after users with a high number of followers were automatically upgraded to Premium for free, says @theverge

"Once a status symbol, the blue check lost some of its luster after X shifted to a paid verification system under Elon Musk’s ownership."

https://flip.it/b.ZF-L

#X

br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar
2ndStar, (edited ) to random German
@2ndStar@astronomy.social avatar

Provokante Frage:
Gibt es (noch) einen Unterschied zwischen einer Spende z. B. an die fckafd oder einem Abo bei der X-Plattform?

HistoPol,
@HistoPol@mastodon.social avatar

@2ndStar

Durch "offensichtlicher" kann ich da nur zustimmen.

Das wirlich staatszersetzende bei den Beiträgen für die sind jedoch nicht die fanboys und ihre Zahlungen, sondern die grossen Accounts mit zehntausendenden oder gar Millionen Followern, v.a. von Journalisten und Prommis.

Ihre Beiträge sind die Herz-Lungen-Wiederbelebungsmaschine von faschistischer Zombie-Plattform.

Raccoon, to twitter
@Raccoon@techhub.social avatar

Imagine paying money to have 1000 (or even 500) characters in a post. 😆 😂 🤣

Raccoon,
@Raccoon@techhub.social avatar

Imagine paying money to be able to edit your own posts. 😆 😂 🤣

Raccoon,
@Raccoon@techhub.social avatar

@manitius
IMAGINE PAYING FOR PEOPLE TO SEE YOUR POSTS ON A SOCIAL NETWORK!! 🤪

GottaLaff, to Colorado
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Via Scott MacFarlane:

Plaintiffs seeking to ban Trump from presidential primary under ask US to expedite review of Colorado's ruling to strip from ballot.

They ask for tight deadlines and oral arguments by January 19, 2024 https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231228124722255_20231228-Anderson-Resp-Motion-to-Expedite.pdf

Joe_Hill,
@Joe_Hill@union.place avatar

@GottaLaff It’s kind of funny how this is being portrayed by the on as “CO SOS puts on ballot unless overrules.”

And by funny I mean pathetic.

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br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar
SohanDsouza, to aitools
@SohanDsouza@mstdn.social avatar

Musk is taking fake advertiser money to place ads that use his own name and face to falsely endorse their product, and burdening the fact-checking community with annotating it.
I can't even.

br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar

Musk's X revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike called

https://arstechnica.com/?p=1968789

br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar
Jerry, to twitter
@Jerry@hear-me.social avatar

Blue check Twitter (X) subscribers will be required to submit their photos and a photo of a government issued ID to an Israeli company with ties to Israeli Intelligence.

After this, every Twitter blue check mark should be seen as a little target symbol for any scammer who is looking for the world's most gullible person.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/21/x-blue-users-will-need-to-send-selfie-data-to-israeli-software-company?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

mho, to Banking

’s #X can’t send Blue subscribers their ad revenue-sharing payouts on time

Friday night is a good time to announce you’re not paying your bills.

"That’s not exactly what you’d want to hear from a program touting itself as “part of our effort to help people earn a living directly on X,” and the key to Elon Musk’s X dream for an app that handles , stock trading, and other vital financial features."

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/4/23820859/x-twitter-ad-sharing-payment-unpaid-delay-elon-musk

mho, to twitter

Twitter Blue subscribers can now hide their blue checks |

, which is currently rebranding to €X Blue, now includes the option to hide the notorious . Twitter Blue subscribers recently started noticing the “hide your blue checkmark” option on the web and in mobile apps, offering the ability to hide that they’re paying for and avoid memes about how “this mf paid for twitter.”

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/2/23816924/twitter-x-blue-subscribers-hide-blue-check-option

mho, to internet

How to Build (And Destroy) a

Status means everything to platforms like and Facebook. But contrary to what thinks, it doesn’t come from a .

" may be boneheaded as a revenue scheme, but it excels as a case study in how grappling for status can ruin a social network."

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/social-media-status-twitter-blue-checks-bluesky/673987/

video/mp4

simplenomad, to random
@simplenomad@rigor-mortis.nmrc.org avatar

I bought an HP Dev One, and a couple weeks later they announced it was being discontinued. Recently I bought a Chevy Bolt EUV, and a few short weeks later (it STILL has the new car smell) it has been discontinued.

So instead of a Midas touch, I have a Medusa touch. Let me know if there is something else out there I can ruin for you by simply buying it.

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/automobile/general-motors-to-discontinue-chevy-bolt-and-bolt-euv-report-10475991.html

realn2s,

@simplenomad @circuitswan
How about getting a account and a ;-)?

stefan, to internet
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online avatar

Alright, I don't really care for this dril guy, he'd do more good if he'd just bring his 1.8M followers over to the fediverse and start a "weird Mastodon" trend, or whatever, but him getting rid of the enforced blue check by simply changing his name (one of the conditions for not losing it) is just too funny.

And will hopefully finally put to rest any of the "is Musk secretly a genius" fan theories.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/24/23695772/twitter-blue-check-paid-verification-false-endorsement-dril

edlouwe, to internet
@edlouwe@vivaldi.net avatar

As a status symbol which earned them more views and clout, to us non-elite it always was a badge of shame. The elite are now stripped of their privilege and now want to pretend to sympathize with those they looked down on before.

Shame on and for doing this...shame on the former blue check mafia who only cared when their was lost

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/23/verified-checkmark-twitter-badge

schizanon, to random
@schizanon@mas.to avatar

All these people complaining about still having a on Twitter acting like they are too cool to pay for Twitter but they can't even quit using Twitter.

HRandbusiness, to internet

RT: A thread by Seth Abramson. “(🚨) Musk not only faces potential liability—even eight-figure liability—for using the name and likeness of some of the biggest celebrities in the world to sell a product they not only don’t endorse but have explicitly said they find repellant (words we know he saw) but also…“ https://nitter.net/sethabramson/status/1649184019450298370?s=12&t=a9WT6n6dVlmJRgMCnXeOVQ

mnutty, to internet

Day 177 and users are surprised that ’s decision to remove validation is causing chaos and the creation of impersonation accounts. That could never have been predicted?

is the solution for exposure to willful and arbitrary behavior by egomaniacal billionaires

Anybody else perplexed this happened? 😜

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3963163-blue-check-chaos-twitter-policy-spurs-confusion-and-scramble-to-prove-authenticity

mnutty,

/2 Day 179 some users are attempting to sabotage the ’s program. A lot of users not happy, trying to bend to their will rather than leave and migrate to

What does it take?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/22/block-the-blue-twitter-verified/

mnutty,

/4 - Day 182. Now here’s a surprise, those who have purchased a with have their posts prioritized

So much for the democracy of the internet or whether the quality of your content should be prioritized by opaque algorithms

I prefer my experience

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/elon-musk-verified-twitter-accounts-prioritized.amp

mnutty,

/5 - Day 183 - The elimination of the has degraded ’s utility as a source. The new implementation has nothing to do with authentication and verification, if anything it is a propagandist’s delight. In ’s conception of , truth, veracity and honesty are of little value

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/technology/twitter-verification-problems.html

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