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Uber is launching a blue verification badge. Here’s how riders can get a social media-style checkmark

Uber

September 17, 2024 Uber is launching a blue verification badge. Here’s how riders can get a social media-style checkmark In a new system aimed at providing better safety, the ride-hailing service will cross-check passenger account information with third-party databases. BY Jennifer Mattson In an effort to make ride hailing safer and easier, Uber announced a new … Continue reading Uber is launching a blue verification badge. Here’s how riders can get a social media-style checkmark →

X now lets you sort replies so blue checks don’t bury other users’ comments

Twitter

  X now lets you sort replies so blue checks don’t bury other users’ comments Replies can be sorted by most relevant, most recent and most liked. cheyenne macdonald   Updated Sun, Aug 11, 2024   X X has introduced new options for sorting replies that should make it easier to see the comments you’re … Continue reading X now lets you sort replies so blue checks don’t bury other users’ comments →

Twitter’s blue checkmark purge may have finally begun

Twitter Verification

  By Chris Morris April 06, 2023 At last, Elon Musk’s culling of legacy verified accounts on Twitter might finally be getting underway.   The site’s “Twitter Verified” feed, which historically has followed all verified accounts (before the launch of Twitter Blue) began a mass unfollowing Thursday afternoon. It’s making fast work of it, too. … Continue reading Twitter’s blue checkmark purge may have finally begun →

With legacy verification ending, will Twitter’s blue checks become the new scarlet letter?

Twitter Verification

  By Michael Grothaus March 24, 2023 D-Day is coming for people on Twitter who have legacy checkmarks—the blue badge that was once bestowed upon select users who were deemed notable. That’s all changed now that Elon Musk has taken over the company. The official @verified account on Twitter has announced that the company will … Continue reading With legacy verification ending, will Twitter’s blue checks become the new scarlet letter? →

The FTC is investigating Elon Musk’s handling of Twitter Blue and the ‘Twitter Files’

Regulations

FTC fines Twitter $150 million for ‘deceptive’ ad targeting   Karissa Bell @karissabe Twitter has paid a $150 million fine to the FTC over its”deceptive” use of user data for targeted advertising. The fine stems from the company’s admission in 2019 that it had for years used Twitter users’ phone numbers and email addresses provided … Continue reading The FTC is investigating Elon Musk’s handling of Twitter Blue and the ‘Twitter Files’ →

Record Spending, Record Misery: Can Retail Rescue Blue Americans?

Retail Industry

health Record Spending, Record Misery: Can Retail Rescue Blue Americans? by Sarah Mahoney  @mahoney_sarah, December 27, 2022 Companies like Talkspace have made it easier to find help for depression and anxiety. While the final counting on this year’s holiday spending isn’t quite finished, it may set records or at least come close. Yet another set … Continue reading Record Spending, Record Misery: Can Retail Rescue Blue Americans? →

New Twitter accounts will have to wait 90 days before subscribing to Blue

Twitter Verification

Elon Musk says Twitter Blue verification is coming back November 29th He said he wants it to be “rock solid” when it returns… in two weeks. K. Bell @karissabe   NurPhoto via Getty Images Elon Musk has set a new date for Twitter Blue’s paid verification to return: November 29th. The new date comes just … Continue reading New Twitter accounts will have to wait 90 days before subscribing to Blue →

Elon Musk says Twitter Blue verification is coming back November 29th

Twitter Verification

Twitter will soon let organizations verify related accounts The announcement comes after the recent Twitter Blue disaster. I. Bonifacic @igorbonifacic   Dado Ruvic / reuters Less than two days after Twitter’s first attempt to charge for account verification ended in disaster, Elon Musk announced the company is working on a new way to authenticate users. … Continue reading Elon Musk says Twitter Blue verification is coming back November 29th →

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