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Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo:

I'm confused this article talks about how you'll be able to show/hide the blue checkmark, but totally ignores the “government ID" requirement? Is that not the far bigger story?

Also how gullible do you have to be to actually pay $ just so your ID can be included in the, sure to be coming soon, data breach?
theverge.com/2023/3/24/2365509

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David Boles

@paul

If you have a Facebook business page, and if you want to keep your yearly verification, you have to provide a front and back image of a government ID each year or your badge gets revoked.

David Boles

@nextleveltye @paul

Yes, and if, for some reason, they decide they need to reverify you for any reason before your year is up, then they want a photo, with a special code, written on a blank sheet of paper with your verifiable signature they have for you on file.

Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo:

@david believe it or not, but I actually have some level of trust that Facebook will keep that information private/secure.

David Boles

@paul

You have much greater faith in Facebook than I do, ha!

My Deaf wife was accused of "live streaming" World Cup audio on her live ASL stream -- that had/as no audio whatsoever. No way to appeal. No way to get the video unrestricted. Then, when I next streamed, we were auto-blocked for the same reason even though the only audio on my stream is my voice. No SFX. No music. No other sound than my plodding voice. I find them utterly, and irretrievably, corrupt. That includes Instagram.

David Boles

@paul

Plus: Cambridge Analytica was a deal breaker for privacy for most of my friends. They were smart and left immediately.

I stayed.

I was one of 10 in the world who helped them Alpha test their now failed NFT support -- and they still falsely accused my wife and me -- without any avenue to get the ridiculousness fixed.

I later came to understand that anyone who was live streaming during the World Cup broadcasts got the same blanket "take down and mute" DMCA violation.

Ryan

@paul So you pay to get the check mark and then remove it. What a world we live in.

Piff 123

@paul I am no longer confused - for I am done with this sh.. I really love it here - oh, and I love what you guys are doing . Ivory is really great - will it be possible to schedule post some day with it?

Roy

@paul Lol, so people pay for a blue checkmark to "verify" they are who they are, but then they don't actually show the blue checkmark because they don't want to show that they are the kind of suckers who pay for a social network??? Like, why not just not pay then? I'm really confused.

Helix Cavendish

@meltingrobot @paul is this really so hard to grasp, or are you just playing for the cool guys on Mastodon? Because either way, it’s worrying.

Jorge Stolfi

@meltingrobot @paul

If you are a scammer advertising a scam, it is worth paying $7 for a Blue account so that your tweets get priority in other users' timelines; but you do not want those users to know that the tweet showed up only because you paid for it.

Michael Santaly

@paul Says a lot that they’re aware how embarrassed some people are to pay for this

Chris

@paul anyone paying for Twitter Blue likely isn’t the brightest crayon in the box to begin with…

Yury Molodtsov

@paul I doubt the IDs are saved after the verification.

Yury Molodtsov

@paul they will most likely use a third-party KYC providers similar to what most fintechs use. Doubt they have resources to build this in-house now.

jojoeffe

@yury_mol @paul they might just ask you to fax a copy ;)

steve mookie kong

@paul So basically giving a billionaire $8/mo for no reason at all?

falsafa :antiverified:

@paul I mean why would you buy that whole shiny badge only to hide it 🤔

Alexis :verifiedtransbian:

@paul I also can't believe they are only now implementing the edit feature, but only for those who pay. Lol

Alaric Aloor🐕🏎⚽️🥃

@paul

"clout" on the 🐦 is massively addictive apparently to the exclusion of basic facts. Twitter just disclosed a 200 million user data breach in January of this year 🙄🤷🏾‍♂️

ioc.exchange/users/alaric/stat

Kuba Suder

@paul Wait, I thought the whole point of the whole checkmark revolution and messing up the verification system was that Elon believed everyone envies the people who have checkmarks and desires to have one too 🤡

Budley

@paul Data Breach As A Service is just the sort of innovation he probably dreams of.

Jorge Stolfi

@paul

The prioritizing of Blue subscribers in other uers' timelines will be attractive mostly to those who expect a monetary return from their tweets: chiefly promoters of scams...

JustMrLarz

@paul IDs were originally a part of the verification process at the very beginning years ago. It isn’t being discussed more probably because that isn’t a new part of the process.

Michael Gartenberg

@paul
Very, very gullible or a diehard Musk follower which is basically the same thing.

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