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by betwixthewires 1961 days ago
A person with a blue checkmark on Twitter verifies themselves to give themselves professional legitimacy. Especially considering that in the example we are discussing, the person's profession is to reach people and share words, associating their publicly shared words with their professional life is not beyond the pail. They've associated their name with their job, not me.
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Is that a yes or a no?
I've very clearly made a distinction between the two scenarios, but if you need me to draw it for you in crayons, it is a "no".