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ItsKaljinyuTime posted...

You're not supposed to ask yourself who's real on Twitter. That never should've been what Twitter or YouTube or Facebook were about. The problem was always that we assigned any legitimacy at all to these checkmarks.

Who are we in this thread, right now? I don't know any of your real names. That used to be how it was everywhere on the Internet. We don't need "verified accounts."

that's definitely how it was on...certain websites, and not on other websites. you would go to an artist's official website if you wanted official news. your idea of everyone alwaysbeing anonymous online is a fantasy. yeah, we're anonymous on here. I also have presence online where I'm not anonymous for definitely useful reasons.

Twitter's 'verified users' dealio worked, still had some problems, and then Elon proposed an idea that has even more problems.

I'd say this entire debacle is more indicative that some people (Elon) have put too much stock in the value of specific social media websites. If you screw one up, people will jump ship without it being a giant dilemma for them. He's acting like people owe him just because he thinks he's going to 'make it better'. Even if we were, markets will change and different social media sites will gain or lose popularity. Acting like Twitter is the definition of 'the public square' was one of his first mistakes. It's a stupid website that is presently popular and may or may not have longevity. See MySpace, Tumblr, et al.