agree surveillance takes hold thru progressive incentive structures but…

this is quite a vague logic leap. “If you cannot resist the temptation of the blue check in its current form you have already lost - what comes next will be much darker.”

again, curious what is the counter to all users lending legitimacy to twitter by virtue of using it at all? they are products too. Are blue checks really the target here?

Seems to me main stream social media platforms being subject to state capture and surveillance is the problem, the solution is not “shitting on blue checks” but rather building a competitive alternative and a better user experience