#verification marks

[rosewind2007]

Removal of verification badges is a largely manual process powered by a system prone to breaking, which draws on a large internal database - similar to an Excel spreadsheet - in which verification data is stored, according to the former employees. Sometimes, an employee would try to remove a badge but the change wouldn't take, one of the former employees said, prompting workers to explore workarounds. In the past, there was no way to reliably remove badges at a bulk scale - prompting workers tackling spam, for example, to have to remove check marks one-by-one.

I don’t care if this turns out to be untrue—in my heart it IS TRUE!

[iamnathannah]

For a quick change of pace, have a new Twitter thread of Rory's lesbian awakening coming (multiple times) before her Yale graduation, which definitely wasn't ruined by Logan's proposal (though now she's wondering how many orgasms were ruined by his very existence in her life). Inspired by some random Wicked thread started this way, and with ALT text commentary.

(Yes I considered Glorbie for this one but I think we all know El Esposo would just congratulate Barbie for going down on Gloria properly because he never could out of fear he'd break her; he was too proper of a gentlemen)

[cellphonehippie]

i need to delete twitter it’s just full of people who think they’re the smartest in the room

[do-you-know-this-adhd-character]

good enough for now. night

[awakefor48hours]

I genuinely think this is when the notes looked the best

[tomatodiscourse]

i would like a check mark in the shape of a tomato. just so we know where we all stand

[satorhime]

i barely want to use tumblr anymore because it’s so inaccessible 😭 why did they have to make viewing your own account so hard

[fauvian]

what the fuck happened to tumblr in the last 4 years.. i

[canadiankakashi]

I've been voting for Joe Hills since he came up on the sexyman bracket and I am absolutely ecstatic about the possibility of him winning and beating Scar

I can only imagine the bragging rights

[polycatyl]

revived the chaturbate account, will i use it? probs not but hey it's there

[markreadtrack-michigan]

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[valuehits]

How to Get a Blue Tick on Instagram: 6 Steps to Get Verified

Learn the steps to secure the Blue Checkmark for Instagram Verification. Discover the eligibility criteria, application process, and tips to increase your chances of getting verified on Instagram.

[themuskrater]

Facebook and Instagram now have PAID VERIFICATIONS

They really saw Twitter burning to the ground and said, "Wow! What a great idea!"

[mortalityplays]

huge uptick recently in people playing the put-upon martyred voice of reason going "umm are we allowed to point out that 99% of the fundraiser DMs are probably scammers yet or will I be murdered with rocks and knives and called a racist nazi and cast into the street for dogs to eat?" and straight up posting screenshots of spelling errors and translation mistakes to laugh at like we haven't had this basic fucking conversation repeatedly for the last year and a half

I'm not sure you guys recognise that almost every fundraiser I share under my 'vetted fundraisers' tag is one that has been sent to me via DM. the reason you don't recognise that is because I don't directly post the DM I received (no shade on those who do, just pointing out what you don't see!) I go out of my way to individually check the vetted status of the campaign, and then I share the person's pinned post or whatever version I can find that seems to have the most complete information/vetting credentials.

I would estimate maybe 1 in 8 of the messages I investigate end up having no verification source associated with them at all – and that doesn't mean they're scammers, mind you, just that they are unvetted. A few are 'vetted by association' (vouched for by someone in gaza who has been vetted, usually a relative) and I mark these as such. The vast majority are vetted, often by multiple sources. Many of them are names I see again and again, who have been reaching out for help since January or February or even earlier. The gofundmes are donor protected, some have multiple committed supporters who have been in regular contact with them for months.

If you don't see this stuff, it’s because you don't look. And part of the reason people don't look is because this insidious 'hmm why would someone frightened for their life use DMs to promote their fundraiser' 'umm emojis? to catch my attention? something fishy here' 'personally I just think anyone who needs financial aid should speak fluent english first' bullshit keeps worming its way into common discourse and making it acceptable to just assume your prejudices and anxieties are justified.

So yes actually I do think it's racist to reflexively assume anyone who reaches out to you using google translate to beg for their life is a grifter. I do think it's disgusting to absolve yourself of making the effort to recognise real people in crisis just because you think emojis are tacky or AI art is vulgar or whatever. Get a grip. Nobody can force you to care but stop mewling and snickering about something you can't even be bothered to investigate in good faith.