After a report called out Musk's union-busting, UAW's blue check got reinstated.

[Update: The Intercept updated its report, noting that X confirmed that a policy to temporarily remove checkmarks from verified accounts that change their profile pictures was the issue here. UAW told The Intercept that their account’s profile picture was updated in conjunction with the walkout.]

Last night when the clock struck midnight, nearly 13,000 workers at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis went on strike after the so-called “Big Three” car companies failed to reach an agreement with United Auto Workers (UAW). By Friday morning, UAW discovered that X, the platform formerly known as Twitter—in what appeared to be a petty move by platform owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk—had stripped their account’s verified status, The Intercept reported.

    • blackluster117@possumpat.ioEnglish
      72·
      8 months ago

      But they won’t, so we’ll still have to hear about bullshit like this. Teslas are known to have horrendous build quality, and yet…

    • Moonrise2473@lemmy.ml
      18·
      8 months ago

      Yes it’s from the days when the blue check had a meaning. You could get “verified” then change the name to Elon musk, put a neckbeard as profile pic, tweet some insane conspiracies, and people would mistake your stuff for the real one.

      Now the blue check it means just that you’re an Elon Stan, a Nazi or both, so the problem just solved by itself

    • PhatalFlaw@lemmy.world
      333·
      8 months ago

      Thanks to the OP though, didn’t know this and it’s some solid BS. What a tool.

      Edit: Thoughts on that update: “here’s the rule that they totally violated now that we’ve been caught doing this in public” more BS.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          104·
          8 months ago

          Somebody intentionally designed a malicious system. Zero benefit of the doubt is warranted.

          • sik0fewl@kbin.social
            5·
            8 months ago

            Why is it malicious? If you get verified and then change your profile then you’re not necessarily who you were verified as. It’s designed to prevent malicious actors from deceiving people.

      • sik0fewl@kbin.social
        3·
        8 months ago

        It’s not the first time I’ve seen a similar story where there was outrage when a blue check was removed, but the user had changed their picture or description, so it’s probably what happened.

        • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world
          31·
          8 months ago

          This is what happens when you (The you in this instance is Musk) are a douche lord. Everybody assumes the worst and they’re usually right.