The Gamer reports that Twitter introduced the checkmark to protect itself, not the celebrities, politicians, and other notables on its platform. Unfortunately, Sweeney seemed to miss a piece of information so critical it would have prevented him from saying his now-controversial take.
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However, with Musk's takeover and overhauling of the verification system through Twitter's new Blue subscription service, Sweeney's dream in 2020 came true.
Thanks to this, friends of friends of Twitter employees were brokering verification, Epic Games' CEO explained. Sweeney also continued criticizing Twitter's old verification system using his meritocracy angle, saying that Twitter granted its employees a social commodity that they could hand out to people in exchange for IOUs or favor. Read More: Airbnb To Offer Grants to Energy-Efficient Massachusetts Hosts Sweeney also said that Twitter's previous systems were a meritocracy where likes and retweets ensured to get and keep the best at the top. He added that, at the time, Twitter's verification system was for doling out favors to Twitter's friends and for using revocation to punish people the company didn't like. 23, 2020, mentioned that he doesn't want to be verified on Twitter unless the company opens its verification process to the public on equal terms. Sweeney's latest take has roots back to his opinion way before Musk took over Twitter. Tim Sweeney mentioned in a lengthy thread that people supporting and participating in the #BlockTheBlue pressure campaign are "losers and goons" who were previously the "cool kids from junior high" who worked to exclude nerds from cool kid events, along with the "losers who joined in to gain cred." Twitter employees just clicked a few buttons and you were verified.- Tim Sweeney April 22, 2023 Key point is, this had NOTHING to do with verifying identity documents to prevent impersonation. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney arrives at the United States District Court on in Oakland, California.
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