skiptobunkerscene t1_jebdv8h wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:55 PM

Reply to comment by darkkite in ‘Vulkan files’ leak reveals Putin’s global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics by pipsdontsqueak

This isnt stinky little Vlad Vodkavich who wants to aimbot after school, this is for political gains. Its worth the little payment.

purplewhiteblack t1_jebmfg1 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:49 PM

My biggest thing about the checkmark was always "So what?"

You can tweet with or without one. 99% of people didn't have one. And I know celebrities are not always great sources of information. A tweet will be in your view either way. and that's text in your face.

Now you have to pay to have that tweet prioritized in the reply order. So, now misinformation campaigns are throwing money away, where they didn't have to before.

Thinking someone having a checkmark and is therefore credible has always been an ad verecundium logical fallacy.

The people most pissed about the checkmark thing were the people who bribed twitter employees to give them one. Simply because you applied didn't mean they would ever get back to you. Grease the wheels and maybe they would. You could tell which youtubers paid 1000s by how visibly pissed off they were about it.

Axios_Deminence t1_jecvylb wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:16 AM

Let me put it in simple terms on one concern you should have about it. Misinfo campaigns are more readily visible to those subsceptible to said misinfo campaigns.

darkkite t1_jebeim0 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:59 PM

true but it is a cost and having money means less if the service blocks your country (not that's there's not work arounds) but it's still an improvement