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WTFisSHAME t1_j986cgi wrote

Reply to comment by notbrokemexican in Instagram and Facebook to get paid-for verification by Argon41

Ironically them selling these checkmarks will make them near worthless now, the whole prestige was being giving the checkmark by the verification staff.

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The-Daily-Meme t1_j9aadcg wrote

I have a social media account that was going through the verification process, I hit all the criteria they asked for, and then it got put on hold for weeks and eventually rejected.

Coincidentally around the same time that this gets announced. If they think I want it that bad that I’m going to pay for it they can think again.

I applied for it because a number of impersonator accounts had started being made. But a paid for verification system isn’t going to prevent that, just like we saw with Twitter.

I imagine the majority of people that will initially sign up to this will be young teenagers that see it as a way of feeling like a celebrity of sorts.

However, as you say, “once everyone is super, nobody is”.

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