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   Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-May-2023 07:01:56 JST Chris Trottier

   • Reil

   @Reil There was blowback as soon as paid Blue Checks became a thing. But yes, they became radioactive as soon as the “legacy” version was supposedly sunset.

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     Christine Johnson (christinkallama@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 15:49:40 JST Christine Johnson

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     • Reil

     @atomicpoet @Reil

     The blowback was largely because paid blue checks did not require verification that you were *that* person or company, and so opened the door (sometimes hilariously) to imitators and (more seriously) to misrepresentation.

     I'm sure a few "verified" folks' noses were out of joint because their status was no longer selective, but the problem wasn't that "jane q. public" could get a blue check, but that someone *saying* they were "jqp" could get a blue check just by paying $8.