Thinking about how #mastodon (and the #Fediverse in general) is great for #academia / #scientists, because not only do science deniers have less reach on this site without their #BlueChecks, but we have servers dedicated to various scientific fields, moderated by members of that community. This gives them an easy way to talk to each other, as a small community, which simultaneously functions as a way for them to talk in public in front of all of us, so we can see what they're working on, and chime in. (It also allows them to avoid constantly having to fend off hoards of science deniers, because most servers moderate them, and the ones that don't can be blocked.)

That's what's great about #Fediverse: every group can find a space that's uniquely tailored to them, but still connected to the whole world.

Cross posting from #Twitter...

> Suddenly feeling like the best reason to #BlockTheBlue is so you don't have to scroll down through all the stupid comments by people so unreasonable they need to buy #BlueChecks to be heard when you just want to see what the average person thinks about a post a celebrity made...

https://twitter.com/RockstarRaccoon/status/1693455743746199988

@LilHulkQ I guess they couldn't sell enough #BlueChecks.

So over on that other site, I noticed the blue ticks for actual verified accounts had returned, but it turns out it the 8dollars browser add-on making them visible again. So it's easy to see who's legitimately verified Vs Elon fanbois.
#blueticks #bluechecks #twitter #verified

Twitter's posthumous #BlueChecks look a lot like #necro-advertising, the legally questionable marketing strategy that uses dead celebrities to boost sales https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-dead-celebrity-verified-blue-checks-necro-advertising-posthumous-endorsement-2023-4

Kiss of death for #Elonstwitter #bluechecks and #TuckerCarlson...only thing better'd be for #foxnews to publically admit to and apologize to its veiwers and if they go bankrupt I'd be a happy happy girl! What a great day to be alive!!!

As a status symbol which earned them more views and clout, to us non-elite it always was a badge of shame. The elite are now stripped of their privilege and now want to pretend to sympathize with those they looked down on before.

Shame on #Twitter and #Meta for doing this...shame on the former blue check mafia who only cared when their #privilege was lost

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/23/verified-checkmark-twitter-badge

#BlueCheck #BlueChecks #AbandonTwitter

🎶 Where have all the tweeters gone?
🎵 Long time passing
🎶 Where have all the tweeters gone?
🎵 Not long ago

🎶 Where have all the tweeters gone?
🎵 Moved on
🎶 To #Mastodon
🎵 When will they ever learn?
🎶 When will they ever learn?

🎶 Where have all the #BlueChecks gone?
🎵 Long time passing
🎶 Where have all the #BlueTicks gone?
🎵 Not long ago

🎶 Where have all the #BlueChecks gone?
🎵 Moved on
🎶 To Mastodon
🎵 When will they ever learn?
🎶 When will they ever learn?

(Sung to the tune of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" by #TheKingstonTrio.)
https://youtu.be/9hxg3B-1OsA

#MastodonMigration #TwitterMigration #TwitterBlue #BlueCheckMarks #Verified #TwitterExodus #TwitterExit #TwitterFail #TwitterBlueCheck #TwitterVerified #Elon #Musk #ElonMusk #TwitterVerification #Twitter #Newbies #NewHereFromTwitter

I went on a private restaurant tour given by the personal business manager for an A+ list football coach.

We were told the restaurant has to budget a large amount to comp celebrities.

Likewise the 'coach' expects to be fully comped at any restaurant because "He's earned it".

#bluechecks

@frozencanuck

#blocktheblue #Twitter
I've seen a few accounts get random #BlueChecks from actors to content creators who didn't have a blue checkmark this morning. So unless everyone bought them at the same time it seems odd.

Confusion as Musk’s #Twitter yanks #bluechecks from agencies https://apnews.com/article/twitter-elon-musk-blue-checkmark-celebrities-544cfd66ed3a62f51a8a80c20e11ac5b? "[W]hen the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping blue verification check marks this week from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee, it left public agencies and other organizations around the world scrambling to figure out a way to show they’re trustworthy and avoid impersonators." #Musk #chaos

501C3 No Twitter Blue Friday

#Twitter #BlueChecks #501c3 #Hate #Extremism

501C3 No Twitter Blue Friday

If you are a US citizen you can donate to any 501C3 you like instead of pay for Twitter Blue

Twitter Blue is 8USD a month and SPLC is a 501C3 so I get that 8USD back and get cool things to read-HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
501C3 SPLC $96 for the year instead of Twitter Blue for me

I don't post on Twitter but I still have my account there locked, and I wondered if there was something that autoblocks blue checks post API death and this works sort of well: https://github.com/kheina-com/Blue-Blocker

You can configure it to not block blue checks that you follow already too.

#Twitter #bluechecks

the fact that #musk has completely misinterpreted and mishandled the value of #bluechecks tells you all you need to know about his business acumen

A reminder to everyone: don’t pay for the #checkmark on #Twitter. Now that #legacyverification is gone, the #bluechecks stick out like a sore thumb on profiles, so better not pay for it to avoid the ridicule. #TwitterVerification #FakeVerification

a lot of the #bluechecks who are wailing and gnashing their teeth over paying for verification on the bird app will not hesitate to encourage you to pay for their personal subscription services, as well as promoting paid streaming services. 👀

"They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else." (from Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut) #birdsite #bluechecks

‟The Twitter I Love Doesn’t Exist Anymore” #paywall https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/twitter-elon-musk-blue-check-marks/673593/ #musk #bluechecks

Lol #Twitter #BlueChecks ending is going great

Ah well. Looks like I'm back here again... Much more pleasant people here anyway.

#bluechecks