I see some of y'all doing blue checks over here. What's that all about?
@kelseyhightower just an custom server emoji. Some people can't let go of the idea that it makes them important πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
@stefanhayden @kelseyhightower Some folks just like to have a bit of fun because they know it’s meaningless over here.
@ramsey @kelseyhightower true. I don't want to scoff at fun times.
@ramsey @stefanhayden @kelseyhightower I paid 8 dollars for mine. Is very real. πŸ˜‚
@thefern @ramsey @stefanhayden @kelseyhightower The police department gave me mine! Oh, wait, that was my police badge. 🀣

@ramsey @stefanhayden @kelseyhightower that!

The real blue check on Mastodon is the green verified website check  

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@stefanhayden @kelseyhightower
I think it’s mostly used by folks that want to dissociate themselves from the bot accounts that replicate their Twitter timelines. Personally it helps a ton to follow the correct account as I’m rebuilding my follow list!