This says it all
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Yes. This is exactly right. Someone said, I want to say Rachel Maddow, “nobody will know who to listen to” - the quiet part out loud.
I'm mad because why tf isn't Trump back on twitter yet and reinstated
Everybody’s pissed off about Trump not being back on Twitter, when he has explicitly said he will not return to Twitter. He has a TruthSocial, he could give a rats ass about Twitter. The only people that care, are people here crying about it.
Waiting till after the midterms is my guess.
Trump has his own platform. Why would he go back?
Truth Spoken Here!
They are mad that their blue check virtue signaling reign is coming to an end.
They've always looked at themselves as better than everybody else, when the opposite is true.
Exactly. Nobody has to pay $8/mo to USE twitter, just for the ego boost. You don't have to pay extra for vanity plates on your car either.
And any commoner could manage $8/month and be equal to all those elitist blue checkmarks. They don't like that.
It just goes to show how they try to control people. They try their best to make their problem into your problem. And it works on so many people.
Now look at everything a liberal politician says through this lens. How are they trying to benefit themselves?
I mean, logically... It makes sense
If I have the problem that people can impersonate me, then you have the problem of not knowing which is the real me.
It's very rare that a problem is only a problem for one person. Problems are generally too... problematic
That's not what their problem is. The $8 just gives you the ability to be verified, it doesn't automatically verify you. You still have to prove you are who you say you are.
Their problem is that they realize that a "blue check" isn't just a verification anymore. It's a sort of endorsement by Twitter. It gets people paying attention to what you have to say.
They are upset that now anybody can get this, by just paying $8 and verifying they are who they say they are. It no longer has special privileges for only the famous.
You can't be elite when the masses reach the same status as you.
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The things they have done for those blue checks…..
Same track as the vackstheeen.
Anything that can enable the "Right Thinkers" to differentiate themselves from the "Wrong Thinkers", and do so easily, with a Vaxx Card, Green Pass, Blue Checkmark, is DoublePlus Good.
Cuz they desire the status, in no small part so they can use it to put their boot on your neck. Because they are dangerous, destructive deviants.
Never let the parasites take over the host.
That is exactly what it is. They don't want us common schlubs joining their club.
They're also mad that all their bots now cost 8 dollars a month to operate. Shit adds up quick.
They should give blue check marks to those who receive 40,000 updoots.
LOL it is open season on twitter and shortly before election night.
Awww, ain't that special.
Well and truly said!
I usually block Blue check folk anyway. I like hanging out with American people because they are real world wise and are great problem solvers.
Blue checkmarks were already available to the public. I know plenty of people who got them by asking. We're talking people with a Chicago Bulls podcast, not elites. The point of the blue checkmark was originally to verify that you are the real person you are claiming to be. It rolled out first to the famous, but it's been something available to anyone who was willing to give personal identification information to Twitter.
Yes, people who used to have to deal with impersonations on a platform are angry that they will have to deal with the same again. This is not surprising or indicative of more than "I don't want people to read the words of someone else and think they are mine".
Twitter is bad for communication, bad for your neural pathways, and bad for the soul. All social media has this, but Twitter's inherent design is the worst parts of social media all cranked up to 11. Enjoy the fire, but don't get too close.
Okay Boomer. Some corrections:
That was at the discretion of Twatter meaning if you spoke against the narrative, checkmark gone. The pay system is meant to mitigate bias.
Is correct.
Twatter is a tool. You can determine what you see and don't see. Your argument is as old as time. Any time a new technology came it was always blamed on satan because it changed things. Yes, social media can be harmful. But once you're aware, it loses all power over you. That's all we have ever needed with all aspects of life: unbiased education and respect of peoples right to choose how they live their lives for themselves.
Good point! Except I would argue the pay system alone in no way mitigates the same thing from happening. We know that paying for a service doesn't guarantee you can continue to do so - the service provider in America has very wide prerogative to refuse service at any time. New leadership, new people making those decisions is what mitigates bias. The New Boy King seems to want to mitigate top-down bias in the platform. That doesn't mean his introductions to the platform inherently mitigate said bias, especially when he gets bored with his shiny new toy and has less and less of his hands on the reigns.
Tools can corrupt the wielder, especially the most useful ones. My argument is not old as time and is actually very specific. A real-time communication tool with a restrictive limit on how much can be said at a time without any indicators that your conversant is currently typing is a bad communication tool. It is, in fact, a good tool for miscommunication.
There's a reason why Twitter has been hemorrhaging users for a decade - it's not a good tool or service, and they know it. It's an addictive service, and they know it. Twitter has undergone many changes (specifications in UX) in the past decade, and all of them have been not about changing the platform to bring more people in, but changing the platform to keep more people in. They know they can't bring in more than they lose, so the Twitter ethos for years has been to make the service as mentally difficult to leave as possible. It's a retention-only game, which I would guess is a big part of why Musk got cold feet.
Going in aware of these things takes away a significant portion of its power. But only a fool would believe awareness of a snake gives you mastery over the snake.