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Re:OpenAI is getting sued for being biased with Y Combinator by lancesells on Sunday June 04, 2023 @03:59PM (#36189005)
I know this isn't right or just but I can't help but automatically discount tweets from a blue checkmark. That switch from verified users to paid users has me on guard when I see it. Again, it's not right but that's the effect on me of people paying for verification.
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Re:OpenAI is getting sued for being biased with Y Combinator by yieldcrv on Sunday June 04, 2023 @04:05PM (#36189068)
But the switch was irrelevant if you knew how verification worked.

I just see it as a little skin in the game. Many communities have so many fly by night accounts that a tiny payment and link to a non-VOIP phone number is meaningful, as a standard user

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