Yes, Twitter's policy now is that the bluecheck = Twitter's endorsement of that person's views.https://twitter.com/In_A_Flap/status/949957530880544768 …
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Replying to @In_A_Flap
They literally said something like "people interpret the bluecheck as Twitter endorsement even though it wasn't intended that way...so we're going to start unverifying people we disagree with"
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Replying to @HbdNrx @In_A_Flap
Makes you wonder if the check mark had a in it if that could change the future markedly
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a V in it *
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Replying to @david_kenneth_d @In_A_Flap
I actually have no idea what you mean
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Replying to @HbdNrx @david_kenneth_d
the verification is supposed to mean the person has been verified as being who they say they are. And that is it. they have made it mean twitter endorses them
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Replying to @In_A_Flap @david_kenneth_d
All they had to do was keep telling people, "Verification is not endorsement", and they failed
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Replying to @HbdNrx @david_kenneth_d
I am not sure why people really care if they are verified or not. Read that you can change your name once you have the blue tick anyway
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Being verified provides certain perks and gets your replies noticed more. But even with that the idea that it was the same as endorsement was absurd (until Twitter agreed)
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Replying to @HbdNrx @david_kenneth_d
well at least they dont want a nude photo as was mooted by facebook recently
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