One of the questions I’ve most liked asking folks who insist I help them get verified (something I do not, and gave never, have any power over) is “what does the check mark represent to you?” Answers are always interesting.
https://twitter.com/verge/status/1395393923774824448
Like, there’s a media/tech insidery answer that’s about having access to better filters, or that the platform might amplify your tweets. But regular folks have an entire set of folk beliefs around what verification means, and what it delivers.
I don’t know if it’s tied to the precarity & capriciousness of the creator economy, but the random dudes who jump in my DMs seem intense, even desperate, about getting verified. It signifies some potential to them that I still don’t get, and that they typically refuse to explain.
I wrote a far more detailed and thorough explanation of what I've learned about people's cultural expectations around Twitter verification, based on a decade of being one of those awful Blue Check people. anildash.com/2021/05/20/ver…
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