• Ddhuud@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    What is they are “verifying”? That the account holder had 12 or 15 bucks to throw away?

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      1 year ago

      The way it was meant to be, when social media started doing that, is that it verifies your identity. You use your real name (or stage name, or business name) in the account, and they “verify” it actually belongs to you and not an impostor.

      Now instead, it verifies that you paid the fee, and your account name could be Napoleon Bonaparte for what they care.