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Re:The EU's Fine Against X Is Not About Speech or 'Censorship' by surgical_fire on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @05:09PM (#46379792)
Still something that defeats the purpose, no?

A verification badge should be something that says "this person indeed is who they claim to be" not "they can spend a couple of bucks a month" nor "we like him enough to give them a checkmark". Both are extremely unhelpful. The latter probably even more unhelpful since it is very subjective.

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Re:The EU's Fine Against X Is Not About Speech or 'Censorship' by ceejayoz on Thursday December 25, 2025 @12:01PM (#46385602)
Verification came with moderation tweaks for high-profile accounts to combat things like brigading via mass abuse reports. That's why consistently bad behavior tended to lose the check.

Probably should've been two different flags, but it wasn't.

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