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Re:A high school student created a fake 2020 candidate, and ... by paulddraper on Friday February 28, 2020 @04:47PM (#22446726)
The blue checkmark is weird.

When it first came out, it was like a pseudo endorsement, then it was a prestige thing.

It doesn't seem to really do anything except stoke elitism.

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Re:A high school student created a fake 2020 candidate, and ... by fortran77 on Friday February 28, 2020 @05:56PM (#22447196)
It should simply mean "this name and bio has been verified" (so that other people whose name happens to be "Donald Trump" for example can't have a bio that say's their the President).

Twitter started using it for endorsements -- and taking the blue check away from controversial people with unpopular views. That makes little sense to me.

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