Tim Sweeney, the head of Epic Games, harshly criticized those involved in the #BlockTheBlue movement, who protested the paid verification system implemented by Elon Musk on Twitter. The portal drew attention to this. Players.
“The people in the #BlockTheBlue campaign are lame and stupid. These are the cool elementary school kids who won’t let us “nerds” come to the cool kids’ parties, and the losers who want to make these guys love them. The elite verification system was awful, I’ve been criticizing it since 2018,” Sweeney said.
According to the head of Epic Games, modern online communities should provide equal rights and opportunities to all participants and should be respected and not given a “blue tick” by a company. Sweeney also recalled that previously Twitter employees could give verification checkmarks to their friends, and the company’s management only prioritized celebrities, which showed the system was flawed.
Upon launch of a paid Twitter Blue subscription, those wishing to have a verified account must pay a monthly fee. All checkboxes that were previously given free of charge have been removed from the system.
Formerly socialbites.ca we talked about itThat Michael Jackson and other deceased celebrities received a paid Twitter verification checkmark.