https://startupnews.fyi/2023/04/05/instagram-sells44-million-blue-checks-in-on-day/#:~:text=Instagram reportedly made $660 million by selling 44 million blue ticks,-April 5, 2023&text=Meta announced the launch of,as a form of verification.
But why? I get that politicians might need it, as they need their brainwashing storm through social media, but why others namely the techie people? I ask the same for telegram paid subscription as well. What's that point of all these? Verified or not, who cares?
Honestly even I don't know why. I was reading more into this a while back & one thing that stuck with me was basically that this is how much people want to feel 'important'. Before it was made paid, of course celebs/stars, famous, important etc people only had it & were in a way 'a step higher' than the normal people (general audience view on social media). People wanted that. Apparently they wanted this fake illusion so badly that they were willing to & hence ultimately paid for the ticks.
World leaders
It's not brainwashing it's to get around the activism directed at them. You have a direct line to what they said and not what someone tells you they said. It's a way to bypass the media and connect directly with followers. For anyone, it's a short way to post updates on whatever. Or in the reverse direction. To get the attention of some companies and complain about their service.
