Charging for a Blue check is less capricious than the current system. It stopped being a system to prevent impersonation quite a while ago.
Re: AOC
Posted: Thu November 03, 2022 2:40 am
by BurtReynolds
Seems like the most obvious fix is to just have a verification system for people who want to be verified, and yes, that means that if Hitler were alive today, he could get verified.
Only verifying celebrities and politicians that mysterious figures deem worthy was fucking stupid. And sinister.
Re: AOC
Posted: Thu November 03, 2022 9:54 am
by elliseamos
Reminds me of The Sneeches.
Re: AOC
Posted: Thu November 03, 2022 12:08 pm
by Bi_3
bart wrote:boy he sure told her!
She was treated with the exact amount of dignity that an elected official who starts a tweet with the acronym "Laugh my ass off" (and then somehow forgets how to capitalize an acronym... it's not "Nasa" FFS), then completely misrepresents the situation deserves. Which is basically as good as it gets with Aoc anyway.
And this guy gets it:
Re: AOC
Posted: Thu November 03, 2022 12:35 pm
by warehouse
it takes elon musk to make this lady seem like a regular person lol
Re: AOC
Posted: Thu November 03, 2022 1:04 pm
by Peeps
no one is mad that anyone can get a blue check mark
Re: AOC
Posted: Thu November 03, 2022 2:21 pm
by Bi_3
Peeps wrote:no one is mad that anyone can get a blue check mark