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Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by the_mitsuhiko on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:20PM (#35473114)
Not sure why a bot would be verified nor do i think that there is much of value to tell humans and bots apart. Some of the most spammy or vile content comes from actual humans.
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Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do... by HopenHeyHi on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:26PM (#35473184)
Since it costs $8 and requires a credit card it will be much harder (not impossible) to spin up many spammy bots. You could still have good bots.

Without paying for the checkmark the spammy bots/humans will have limited reach. Hopefully there will be less vile content in the future as a result. If not I'm sure they'll try something else.

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