[HN Gopher] If everyone is verified, no one is verified
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       If everyone is verified, no one is verified
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2022-11-06 21:17 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | aeternum wrote:
       | The $8 is important because it's a tax on bad behavior. Want to
       | spam-post about your crypto giveaway? At least now you'll be out
       | that $8 with each of your accts that gets deleted/flagged.
       | 
       | Previously the cost was $10-$200 per thousand twitter accts. (via
       | a captcha farm). So this change makes it significantly more
       | costly to spam.
       | 
       | https://www.icir.org/vern/papers/twitter-acct-purch.usesec13...
        
       | DevKoala wrote:
       | Of course people are verified. The forms of payment is enough
       | verification. To claim a business you must submit form of payment
       | and other legal proof.
       | 
       | Social media distorts reality to the point that people are now
       | confusing "verification" with "influence status". Yes, if
       | everybody can be verified, then it loses its value as a status
       | symbol, and that's good.
        
         | ethanbond wrote:
         | Form of payment is not used as identity verification anywhere
         | lol. Completely unrelated.
        
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