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X’s Premium users can no longer hide their blue checks (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 112 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

I'd think that once you're at the level where you not only stick around in the dumpster fire, but also willingly give your money to this manchild, you lack the awareness needed to see how bad a blue checkmark looks on you anyway.

EDIT: I have been informed that some get the blue checkmark against their will and without paying. Just when you thought xitter couldn't get dumber...

[–] [email protected] 59 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Iirc just recently they started giving out blue ticks to people with lots of followers, regardless of if they wanted it. Then this week they make it so you can't hide them. It seems like a dim move - piss off the people who bring lots of traffic to your website, but actively decided to not get a blue tick, by forcing the tick on them.
If they didn't leave beforehand, maybe this would make some people/orgs consider leaving?

[–] zeppo 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

He’s been forcing blue checks on people since the initial change - with Stephen King, for instance. Basically a way to promote the program and make it look like prominent people are paying, but also a confused mix with the previous verification checks.

[–] GardenVarietyAnxiety 2 points 7 months ago

It really does seem like he's -trying- to kill it

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Only other twitter users see the blue checkmark. The people who think it's dumb aren't around.

[+] [email protected] -29 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

FYI: Blue checkmarks were a thing LONG before paying for blue checkmarks was a thing. In the end, I think most people who are making an issue out of this aren't even twitter users (let alone checkmark users) themselves.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nobody is unaware of that. It's just that before Musk took over, the checkmark meant something completely different. What it means today is potentially embarrassing enough for people to want to hide it. Now they can't.

Before Musk the checkmark meant "This user's identity has been verified and they are notable enough to need that verification".

Today it means "This user pays for Twitter".

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

Seriously, I don't understand tgat person's point. Before elon the check ment "yes this really is Billy West, voice actor for a lot of things". It wasn't a hard concept.

[–] Passerby6497 7 points 7 months ago

Yeah, but that was before PG changed what they meant and allowed fake verified users to damage real companies stock value (which I find funny AF), rendering the blue check meaningless and basically tuned it into a scarlet letter.

[–] Juice88 79 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wear your shame! lol

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

The online equivalent of a dunce cap.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

What the Xorg guys doin again?

Then read "blue checks".

Oh.

[–] zeppo 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

We could start a social network called UUayland and really confuse things.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Wayland.social beat you to it (:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Χorg (With greek letter Chi)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

UwUayland?

[–] SlopppyEngineer 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Die a moment there I thought you were talking about Jean-Baptiste Zorg.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Jean-Baptiste

Emmanuel

Zorg.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Okay... 🙃

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I don't get it, what's so bad about blue checkmarks? I know you can "buy" them now, but what of it?

[–] kosanovskiy 12 points 7 months ago

Some beans were hiding it to avoid being scrutinized for paying into Elons platform.but still wanted to have their name, pretty much marketing and loosing money.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think ppl with blue check shitting on elon and twitter were being called out for paying and supporting him.

[–] dontwakethetrees 8 points 7 months ago

People (rightfully) shitting on Elon were forcefully given blue checkmarks and now they can’t hide that mark so that it looks hypocritical.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

They were being called 8 buck schmucks.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago

Get the pitchforks!