Mike Masnick ✅I see another influx to Mastodon in our future...
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾@mmasnick Prob a dumb question but what's stopping bots from getting that blue check mark?
@liztai absolutely nothing.
Alex Zani
Dan@AlexandreZani @mmasnick @liztai why would it be their money? They just have to grab stolen credit cards (or if a government entity - generate them).
I mean think about how many scammers pay for ads now. This is cheaper than that. By a lot.
Heck, I won’t be surprised if his ad revenue drops because of this.
Nicole ParsonsThe Republican billionaire donors, foreign & domestic, funding Trump already have a system of money laundering in place via GoFundMe, GiveSendGo, PayPal, cryptocurrency, credit card fraud, payment processors, straw donor bank accounts.
Examine a large scale pattern of micropayments from small dollar donors from megachurches and nonprofits. As long as they're below the threshold, the source doesn't need to be recorded for the FEC.
Musk's most recent scam just adds to the repertoire of grift.
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