<story><title>Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-unverified-takeover/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Funes-</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s almost as if the media was taking advantage of our psychological shortcomings and invading our personal lives for profit, at the expense of our well-being, eh?&lt;p&gt;The Internet used to be a refuge from the corporate public sphere; now it&amp;#x27;s its home.</text></item><item><author>sambroner</author><text>My twitter feed was pretty slow without the Blue Checks. The dialogue was &lt;i&gt;way more in the middle&lt;/i&gt;. There was suddenly little conversation about today&amp;#x27;s meme (cake? idk.) The whole thing felt pretty civilized.&lt;p&gt;It made me realize how much &lt;i&gt;content&lt;/i&gt; these twitter blue checks are creating. It&amp;#x27;s &lt;i&gt;crazy&lt;/i&gt;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>paulgb</author><text>The model I use for making sense of Twitter is that most of the blue check dialogue is just bringing the people-fighting-on-cable-news dynamic to the internet. Personalities on both sides of every debate have a symbiotic relationship where they have inane arguments because that&amp;#x27;s what gets boosted and gives them more visibility.&lt;p&gt;Which is fine, if you treat it as entertainment, but people think they&amp;#x27;re following the news and instead they&amp;#x27;re watching a wrestling match.</text></comment>
<story><title>Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet</title><url>https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-unverified-takeover/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Funes-</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s almost as if the media was taking advantage of our psychological shortcomings and invading our personal lives for profit, at the expense of our well-being, eh?&lt;p&gt;The Internet used to be a refuge from the corporate public sphere; now it&amp;#x27;s its home.</text></item><item><author>sambroner</author><text>My twitter feed was pretty slow without the Blue Checks. The dialogue was &lt;i&gt;way more in the middle&lt;/i&gt;. There was suddenly little conversation about today&amp;#x27;s meme (cake? idk.) The whole thing felt pretty civilized.&lt;p&gt;It made me realize how much &lt;i&gt;content&lt;/i&gt; these twitter blue checks are creating. It&amp;#x27;s &lt;i&gt;crazy&lt;/i&gt;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>imiric</author><text>Very well put. Though there is still some refuge in smaller online communities, if you know where to look. If you limit your exposure to specific places and avoid the rampant toxicity elsewhere, it&amp;#x27;s not that bad. :)</text></comment>