• glimse@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The dude sucks but before you attribute this tweet to him:

    This is a “fan” account. His official Twitter account is @Kash_Patel.

    It’s telling of the fanbase but don’t go around showing this to people like it’s government communication or anything

      • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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        3 hours ago

        Yes, that the account has paid Elon for a blue check. Originally it meant that the user was in fact who they appeared to be. Then it became a status symbol, then Twitter removed it on a couple of occasions for saying something they disagreed with, then came the accusations of Twitter admins being capricious about the whole process and essentially taking personal bribes in exchange for checks, then Elon bought it and made it a paid feature.

        The grey check indicates the identity of an government or non-profit has been verified and the account is who it says it is.

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      22 hours ago

      Thank you. It’s also telling that we don’t doubt this at all because of how looney US politics are now, but it is important to know what’s true.

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        20 hours ago

        Yeah, I’m not accusing OP of it but I don’t want misinformation getting spread even if it’s “generally” correct