Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter brought several changes to the platform. However, the most hated by users was the new verification system, which forced users to pay a monthly fee if they wanted to get the popcorn. The discontent has been such that many Internet users have condemned the change and have even boycotted it, and the founder of Epic Games has just called them “losers and fools.”
While this change made the verification tick available to many people, users were not happy about having to pay to receive the authenticity symbol that some previously got for free.
After this change came into force, the #BlockTheBlue campaign was organized, which not only opposes the new system, but with which supporters seek to invite users to block users who have the blue seal and who, for Therefore, they have paid for Twitter Blue. In fact, there is an extension for Google Chrome that automatically blocks such users.
you just paid $8 to eat my ass stupid #BlockTheBlue
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Tim Sweeney criticizes boycott of Twitter Blue
Well, one of those who are not happy with this boycott is the tycoon Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games, who has his account verified not because he is the owner of Epic Games, but because he pays the Twitter Blue fee.
The manager took advantage of his account to talk about this campaign, calling its supporters “losers and fools” and referring to them as if they were high school “cool kids” who worked to exclude nerds from events for which cool guys.
Sweeney since 2018 has criticized the “elite-only” verification system that Twitter had before the modification, as the manager wanted it to be open to all users and not be a privilege for “Twitter friends.”
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People in this #BlockTheBlue pressure campaign are losers and goons. They’re the cool kids from junior high who worked to exclude we nerds from cool kid events, plus the losers who joined in to gain cred. The elite-only verification system sucked, been criticizing it since 2018. https://t.co/KSRItcc26l
—Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) April 22, 2023
Tim Sweeney Isn’t Happy With Current Twitter Verification, Too
The manager recalls that long before Twitter had a better system, which he preferred to recognize his own merit, since it made users gain distinction according to retweets or their followers.
“The best ones went to the top,” recalled Tim Sweeney. “Then someone created a system to prevent phishing through verification. But they broke the meritocracy with a policy that granted verification only to elite ‘notable’ users, while letting Twitter employees give verification to their friends.” as profit.” Similarly, Sweeney criticized Twitter for using unverification as a punishment for users who were deliberately unverified for not supporting their way of thinking, regardless of whether they were the real person.
An online community like this should be a meritocracy, where everyone has an equal chance, and merit is earned rather than anointed by a corporation. Old school Twitter had found a great expression of merit with following & retweeting. The best rose to the top.
—Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) April 22, 2023
With that said, it’s clear that Sweeney isn’t calling everyone who criticizes Twitter’s new verification system, via the Twitter Blue share, like LeBron James or Stephen King, “losers and suckers.” No. In fact, he is one of them.
“My criticism does not go to people who choose not to subscribe, but to supporters of boycotting anyone on Twitter who is not boycotting Twitter. That seems extreme to me,” Sweeney clarified.
Good for you for standing up for your beliefs. My criticism isn’t directed towards folks who choose not to subscribe, but advocates of boycotting every person on Twitter who isn’t boycotting Twitter. That seems extreme.
—Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) April 23, 2023
The founder of Epic Games explained that he would like Twitter to have a verification system like the old Twitter, but at the same time be as accessible (or even free) as the current one: “it would be the best of both worlds.”
Agreed, it would be better to see proper identity verification as a service like old Twitter had, but opened up to everyone affordably like new Twitter (or even free). It would be the best of both worlds.
—Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) April 23, 2023
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