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0 pointstommica3y ago0 comments

I guess I am an outlier in this, but I don't think I have a single "famous" person that I follow - maybe some bigger figures in a niche area, but the people that have the blue mark are not the draw for me.

But when I do search for them, it is convenient to see the blue mark to figure out what might be the account I am looking for.

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encryptluks23y ago

I don't think it is convenient. These people have a website or verified profile on Google to already determine which social media profiles belong to them. All the blue checkmark will tell me in the future is these people are dumb enough to pay for snake oil.

dangerboysteve3y ago

I don't follow famous people. Way too much noise. I follow dev and engineering stuff.

sangnoir3y ago

> Way too much noise. I follow dev and engineering stuff

Now imagine the people you follow being deprioritized by the Twitter algorithm in favor of the LinkedIn-influencer types (you know they'll be first in line for the checkmarks)

seanp2k23y ago

>the blue mark to figure out what might be the account I am looking for

If this is part of what blue checks were designed to solve, they're solving the wrong problem. Fix search and content quality / spam instead.

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