Turns out you can write " : verified : " after your mastodon profile name, and voila! You have a blue check, very reasonably priced.
@marathon0 @joshbrownneuro True, but I kind of see it more as a dig against the elitism of @Twitter that everyone here can just get it for free.
@Clementulus @joshbrownneuro @Twitter
I usually block people with that in their icon list. It shows that they don’t really understand the medium they’re using. Whatever.
@marathon0 @joshbrownneuro lol guess @Twitter does not have a monopoly when it comes to snobbery, who knew? 😂
What made you think that ANY social media is different? The only difference here is that there aren’t any algorythims here to shove controversial posts in your face, but otherwise humans are the same.
@marathon0 @joshbrownneuro “Nature her custom holds, let Shame say what it will.”
@joshbrownneuro Sure but it’s meaningless. We’re not the Birdsite!