verification controversy hinges on bluechecks interpreting the badge as a status symbol, which, hate to break it to you guys,
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Replying to @munin
depending on how one uses twitter the extra protections can be more curse than blessing tbh
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Replying to @munin
actually I guess the blue check functions as a status marker in the same way as middle-class class norms
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Replying to @alicemazzy @munin
being strongly rules- and propriety-oriented, it's a positive thing to ingroupers because it signals submission to norms
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Replying to @alicemazzy @munin
whereas for outsiders it's the badge of a narc or a lemming
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