Comment on Blue-Checked, ‘Verified’ Users on X Produce 74 Percent of the Platform’s Most Viral False or Unsubstantiated Claims Relating to the Israel-Hamas War

avater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Of a state actor is going to pay for a disinformation opp, $8 an account for signal boost is a no brainier.

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• danque@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The moment it became paid to be official was the moment spammers and worse thought they would become recognised as trustworthy. Nowadays if it’s blue dont believe anything they say.

  So a large amount of dipshits who’re are stupid or vicious enough to pay for blue, digital checkmarks are largely posting false content that is believed by other dipshits who get their knowledge just by a degenerated social media platform like twitter?

  Call me surprised… /s

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