Dаn̈ıel Раršlow 🥧 @pieist@social.cleverlibre.org

@antoinechambertloir @DavMicRot ?
... and that makes one of them not wrong... how, exactly?

@DavMicRot Still, can't both things be wrong?

I genuinely think Elon worked out that large numbers of people were repulsed by the paid-only blue check population and that ways to ignore/hide them entirely were right on the horizon. So he started giving back blue checks to people and orgs of his own choosing to prevent that.

And of course in the process, turned the blue check into exactly what he originally complained it was: a badge of privilege for a selected elite rather than a relatively even-handed to way protect users at risk of impersonation. Which latter purpose he never even acknowledged.

As Captain Kirk so famously said, "If you believe in forever, Mr. Spock.... then life... is just a one-night stand. And if. There's. A rock. And roll. Heaven, Mr. Spock... then you know. They've got a hell of a band."

Now Elon is farting around with restoring blue checks to big news organizations like CNN, very possibly to frustrate people developing apps and filters to block blue check tweets, a thing which has been trending...,

Is it defamation if someone claims you had paid sex with Stormy Daniels when in reality she sneaked out after without paying?

@QasimRashid Tribal people often cannot even fathom the absence of tribalism in another. It's like a huge deaf-and-blind spot, it simply doesn't fit into their frame of reference anywhere and the idea simply doesn't register with them.

Is faking a blue check on Mastodon even worse than buying one on Twitter?

I think data entry routines should include a feature such that if they detect that you're typing gibberish, tests it against a few obvious keyboard transpositions on the supposition that you might be touch typing with your hands in the wrong place, and if the result makes sense, just silently convert it without bothering you about it.

If you have uBlock Origin, this filter is effective at hiding blue-check tweets and not grey-check ones. (Only tested on Chrome for Mac)

twitter.com##article [data-testid="icon-verified"]>g>:not([fill='#829aab']):upward(article)

@TarkabarkaHolgy @independentpen It's missing the coconuts!

@annmlipton I'm experimenting with a uBlock Origin filter to hide tweets with a blue check. Easy enough to hide all verified ones, but I wanted to keep the grey checks.

I've got one that seems to be working but I want to spend a few minutes confirming there's no collateral damage.

@SwiftOnSecurity

Don't mince words, how do you really feel about Brexit?

@EugeneMcParland Well, if Moscow wanted to bring Grozev's work to wider attention, this would be one way to do it.

OMG the wikipedia explainer on sealioning is a giant steaming bucket of pure refined cringe.

Even here, I like blocking sea lions.