potatoofdestinyNov 10, 2022
Mike Masnick ✅
The new "bluechecks will fix everything" system over on the other site seems to have, maybe, a few bugs that a competent trust & safety team might have been useful in working through...
Nov 9, 2022 at 11:09pmWeb
Show threadMike Masnick ✅Nov 10, 2022
Lol.
Show threadVissNov 10, 2022

@mmasnick man, the entire trust and safety team(s), over the years, all the work they put in

its like building a 6000 sq foot dream home mansion, and then watching a foil hat wearing homeless guy set it on fire

Show threadMike Masnick ✅Nov 10, 2022
@Viss while thinking he's helping...
Show threadVissNov 10, 2022
@mmasnick a well oiled decision making contraption, built over decades, never having heard the words "no" or "thats a bad idea"
Show threadrateexportpilotNov 10, 2022
@mmasnick @Viss while it's being broadcast worldwide and you have a crowd of weirdos screaming "Move That Bus"
Show threadRaj SinghNov 10, 2022
@mmasnick I'm assuming that isn't the real Elon boosting you .. absolute free-for-all 🤣
Show threadAshtonNov 10, 2022
@mmasnick erm, can he read?
Show threadoZONENov 10, 2022
@mmasnick
Show threadMuSuNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick his many advertiser will be left after this ish becomes normal
Show threadVissNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick its like a race to see how quickly they can burn it down at this point
Show threadAaron Ross Powell ☸️Nov 9, 2022
@mmasnick It's bizarre how much of this kind of stuff inevitably happening was, like, entirely obvious to anyone who gave it a moment's thought. It's difficult to believe (1) Musk could make decisions of this sort with so little pause for reflection, and (2) no one is raising the likelihood of their occurrence with him. It's Steve Jobs's Reality Distortion Field taken all the way down its Leeroy Jenkins slippery slope.
Show threadMike Masnick ✅Nov 9, 2022
@arossp yes to all of that. truly amazing. I mean TONS of experts in this field (and non experts too) predicted exactly this.
Show threadhereforasecNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick @arossp Every time Twitter has made a change in the last several years, they have done it slowly, slowly…with great forethought. It’s huge, and everything has incredible consequences.
Show threadAaron Ross Powell ☸️Nov 9, 2022
@mmasnick I get the sense that Musk just firmly believes, even if subconsciously, that his first impressions *are* expertise.
Show threadTim GNov 9, 2022
@arossp @mmasnick If your management approach on moving into a completely different industry is "How hard can it be?", you'll have quite a few surprises you didn't see coming.
Show threadSerowNov 9, 2022
@arossp @mmasnick Wait, am I to understand that the new verification system doesn’t involve any amount of identity verification?
Show threadMike Masnick ✅Nov 9, 2022
@serow @arossp it involves, do you have a credit card with $8 available...
Show threadMichael Nov 9, 2022

@mmasnick

Have you seen the LeBron James one?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lebron-james-lakers-trade/

LeBron James Is Not Requesting Trade from Lakers, Despite Verified Parody Account Impersonating Him

A brand new Twitter account appeared to pay to receive a verification badge and pretended to be LeBron James saying he had requested to be traded.

Snopes
Show threadFresh Hot CoffeeNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick I mean, it’s Rudy. They might be real. 🤷‍♂️
Show threadMarc HedlundNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick you'd think that it would be hard to further undermine Mr. Four Seasons Total Landscaping, and yet here we are.
Show threadBrian DrellNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick Working as intended?
Show threadPenelopeNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick LMFAO
Show threadChris PirilloNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick ...if I drank milk, that Hellen Keller tweet would've ended me.
Show threadMiss_AranelNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick what if it's really him?! ^_^
Show threadĸurthNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick it's missing a fat-free frozen yoghurt piece
Show threadMartin FowlerNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick to be fair - I've heard the real Rudy Giuliani say stranger things than this
Show threadKatMNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick lol
Show threadh-ear-me-now singhNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick the stage of innovation the new owner of the other site is currently at👇🏽
Show threadMichael Smith🚎Nov 9, 2022
@mmasnick @peter Can’t. Stop. Laughing
Show threadJeroen BaertNov 9, 2022
@mmasnick All of this just screams brand safety, does it
Show threadMike Masnick ✅Nov 9, 2022
@jbaert advertisers sure to come rushing back
Show thread🦃 Keith Wagner ✅Nov 9, 2022
@mmasnick Who actually thought this WASN'T going to happen? 🤣
Show threadMike Masnick ✅Nov 9, 2022
@kpwags Elon, Jason Calacanis, and Dave Sacks, apparently.
Show thread🦃 Keith Wagner ✅Nov 9, 2022
@mmasnick I got nothin’ 🤷🏼‍♂️
Show threadDerick Florian (he/him)Nov 9, 2022
@mmasnick I thought the screenshot would have contained a problem based on your toot!
Show threadJeff HaluskaNov 10, 2022
@mmasnick I fully expect the only use of the blue check mark will be trolling or to push advertising to the top.
Show threadAndrew FeeneyNov 10, 2022

@mmasnick

https://twitter.com/JackMLawrence/status/1590480221257359361

Jack Lawrence on Twitter

“It took me less than 25 minutes to set up a fake anonymous Apple ID using a VPN and disposable email, attach a masked debit card to it (with the address being Twitter's HQ), and get a verified account for a prominent figure. Just think what a nation-state or bad actor could do...”

Twitter
Show threadEd BottNov 10, 2022

@mmasnick This account was up for maybe 90 minutes before being suspended. Went to a little bit of trouble to make the account look genuine before pulling the trigger.

https://twitter.com/edbott/status/1590468598300016641

Ed Bott on Twitter

“The Verified Follies have begun.”

Twitter
Show threadShoq 🌿Nov 10, 2022
@edbott @mmasnick LOL Are you trolling him too, Ed?
Show threadAnne UrsuNov 10, 2022
@mmasnick WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN
Show threadSector9Nov 10, 2022
@mmasnick Rude to rip on Helen like that, she can't see that tweet. RUDE!
Show threadyasb∞gieNov 10, 2022
@mmasnick Rewarding free speech
Show threadMaureenNov 10, 2022
@mmasnick Well, this is a parody account.
Show threadMike Masnick ✅Nov 10, 2022
@MaureenNYCNJ yes. that's the point. but it has the blue check.
Show threadMaureenNov 11, 2022
@mmasnick Ohh, gotcha. ✌️