Thread by @swardley

X : Why don't you have a blue tick?
Me : I have no idea how blue ticks work and I don't see why I would need one or even how you'd apply, assuming you can. I don't see the point as I'm not an organisation or some sort of gov official or some form of TV personality.

... I do have a klout score (apparently). Except, I don't know what it is or whether the service is still running or why you would bother. For me, social media is more about conversation. I don't use it for anything else.

X : You could get more followers.
Me : Ok but .. .why? What exactly is the point of doing that?
X : To get more reach.
Me : And that helps how exactly? I have plenty of conversation already.

X : What about fashion?
Me : Gosh, that's a good point. The official Wardley Guide to Fashion is ... any trousers as long as it's moleskin (hoggs.co.uk/hoggs-of-fife/…), any shirt as long as it's Tattersall (hoggs.co.uk/hoggs-of-fife/…) and any jacket as long as it's Harris Tweed.

... well, that was my very short lived career as a fashion blogger.

X : Often blue ticks are because of fake accounts.
Me : Ah, I do have a "faker' - @fksimonwardley - but unfortunately they don't say anything interesting. Maybe that's the comment they're trying to make.