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Re:A high school student created a fake 2020 candidate, and ... by tptacek on Saturday February 29, 2020 @01:08AM (#22449233)
You can "should" all you want, but it's not verification only. If it was, anyone could get verified. It's endorsement, and nobody wants to endorse Milo Yiannapoulos.
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Re:A high school student created a fake 2020 candidate, and ... by Domenic_S on Saturday February 29, 2020 @04:08AM (#22449735)
According to twitter themselves, "The blue verified badge on Twitter lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic." https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/twitter-ve...

But i agree, in practice it's a "twitter endorses this account" indicator.

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Re:A high school student created a fake 2020 candidate, and ... by xwowsersx on Saturday February 29, 2020 @04:09PM (#22453121)
You and others keep repeating what others have shown is obviously not true. Whatever the stated reasons for the blue checkmark are, it is clear that, in practice, it is not just verification.
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