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What even is the point of Blue?

We already know that the "verification" it provides is functionally worthless.

These days it seems like anyone with a blue checkmark is just asking to get made fun of.

>>babypu+(OP)
Blue seems to be a "less likely to be a bot" badge.

Considering that I've seen ChatGPT-type comments in various subreddits, I expect paid social media like Twitter Blue, Reddit Premium and Discord Nitro being pushed even more in the future.

>>bmarqu+P2
> Blue seems to be a "less likely to be a bot" badge.

It's not working. https://imgur.com/a/6blpTqF

>>ceejay+V4
Bots ponying up for the gold checkmark.

Man what a disaster Twitter has turned into.

>>babypu+(OP)
Longer tweets + edit button seem like decent features for power users though not for the average lurker. Yet it seems like half of the reply guys have the blue badge.

>>babypu+(OP)
Main thing is supporting the platform. Second is the longer posts without having to do split threads. I think the "edit" implementation and the delayed posting is very broken to say the least.

As to making fun of someone willing to pay to support a given system, I'm not sure that's at all productive. At that point, should probably not even be using said system in the first place. That doesn't mean I agree with every decision, or every direction, but do find it's a bit better than before overall.