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yzT- t1_iuwriwx wrote

Reply to comment by LincHayes in Why a Blue check mark is now $8 on Twitter and Elon Musk's Next Steps - A piece of speculative business non-fiction by BandicootKind705

Dota 2 and CS:GO are the clear example that a small fee doesn't prevent "bots, spam, trolls, racists, bullies, and other asshole categories"

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CremeImportant2347 t1_iv3q73g wrote

Interesting. I’m not familiar with either can you elaborate?

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yzT- t1_iv4uis4 wrote

A few years ago, Valve added "premium matchmaking" to deal with people using multiple accounts (smurfs) and with people who were often banned for using cheats.

To be "premium", you had to associate a valid phone number with your account. At some point, this even became the standard way of playing a ranked game, meaning that you can't play now without a phone number associated with your account.

Funnily though, this has not prevented people from smurfing or using cheats in any way. The cost of a new phone number is ridiculous, so it's this $8 fee for Twitter blue check.

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