depending on how one uses twitter the extra protections can be more curse than blessing tbh
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I know lots of people who don't talk to bluechecks at all for fear of getting randomly locked/banned for it
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so it makes you "safer" but also more cloistered in the sterile linkedin/tedtalk parts of twitter
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personally I grew up in the dregs of the internet and will always prefer it over anything else
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Twitter already made it one when it stripped Milo of his; sounds like they're about to go all-in on it now
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that was before they made it something you can apply for, no?
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its original intent was a mark of notability but by opening it up they tried to remake it as simple proof of identity
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though in typical twitter fashion they didn't commit hard to a clear stance and thus muddied the waters
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I applied but they said I didn't merit it. I think it's been possible to apply a good while, earlier than Milo got his removed. I'm as authentic, as verified and verifiable as one can be. I've posted Google Maps views of where I live.
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But I'm a nobody, so no blue check for me, says the blue check Nazi. I'd say, though, that a lot of blue checks are pretty close to me in nobodyness. From what I hear there's also a lot of friend-of-Twitter-employee going on. No consistency.
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All of that sounds very correct.
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bluechecks will never learn
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if i ever get a blue check pls just put me out of my misery
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Viewing something as a status symbol makes it so, yes?
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Authority of a hall monitor
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