“The ‘Blue to Blue Tick’ system isn’t built yet, but here’s the idea: it’s a more rigorous process, not only for public figures but also for content creators who wish to use celebrity-related material. Picture this: the team behind a…” —

https://medium.com/@raimonvibe/my-take-on-the-blue-to-blue-tick-verification-system-508aa08c9b5e

Elon Musk’s X to stop allowing users to hide their blue checks - Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto)

X will soo... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2016878 #twitterverified #bluecheckmark #socialmedia #bluetick #elonmusk #xpremium #twitter #policy #x

What the campaigners don't know is the absurdity of people thinking Islamic fascism is freedom fighting for the good of their people. This won't be on our freedom(!) feeds.

X took payment from terrorists, campaigners say
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68297121

Over on Elon’s app, they’ve just introduced an option to hide the blue tick on the paid-for subscription. Had to happen really - it’s become a hinderance rather than a status symbol. #bluetick #verified

False and misleading posts about the Ukraine conflict continue to go viral on major social media platforms, as Russia's invasion of the country extends beyond 500 days.

Some of the most widely shared examples can be found on Twitter, posted by subscribers with a blue tick, who pay for their content to be promoted to other users.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66113460

People told you that blue tick meant something. Your greedy arrogance didn't listen.

Now we get to say, we told you so.

I guess the #Twitter #bluetick brigade is worried about #Threads anyway.

Apparently, they are doing a lot of #censorship to reich-wing accounts already.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Twitter%20Killer%22&src=trend_click&vertical=trends

Slightly surprised that no-one (that i've seen) has done this obvious riff on the #bluetick situation:

My first time on this app, it seems that the man child Musk has screwed up #Twitter by restricting people viewing post’s unless you have a toxic #bluetick!

Yup, fully lovin' this essay on #socialmedia verification through the lens of #anthropology & #evolutionarytheory

https://www.sapiens.org/biology/twitter-blue-tick-signaling/

That little #BlueTick ain't all its cracked up to be anymore...
(Was it ever, #SocialMedia pals?)

#Twiitter's latest addition of encrypted DM's for #BlueTick users is really a solution looking for a problem that doesn't or shouldn't exist for a micro-blogging platform.

And, it certainly isn't a compelling enough proposition to generate additional revenue.

https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-encrypted-dm-signal-whatsapp/

"Google has added blue verification checkmarks to Gmail" - @neowin https://www.neowin.net/news/google-has-added-blue-verification-checkmarks-to-gmail/

Blue ticks are fast becoming a thing #Gmail #Google #BlueTick #verification

Dev Bounty: "TICK OFF"

A Chrome plugin to block all Twitter activity by users whose accounts bear a #BlueTick #BlueCheckMark
(individual ignore rules: to manually approve acct)

PASS IT ON
#bounty #developers #developer #chrome #tickoff

The other place has got *really* blue-ticky. By that I mean twitter shows me replies from 8 blue tick anti-vaxxers rather than replies from people I might want to engage with. I don't know how twitter used to choose which replies to show me, and it was probably bad, but now it's really bad. #twitter #musk #bluetick