What an absolute mess this whole thing has been. link to ‘Twitter reactivated the new ‘Official’ gray checkmark for accounts that are actually verified - The Verge’

They’re so obvious as to almost not be worth pointing out, but two points: First, this is why making verification a paid feature is dumb; and second, penalizing parody because your business model is dumb is not what free speech absolutism looks like. link to ‘Elon Musk’s first Twitter moderation change calls for permanent bans on impersonators - The Verge’