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I would be surprised if they do any "verification" at all. If you are a paining member, you will get a special icon. That's it.

I knew web forums that had that. Members that donated to the forum got a special status icon. It could get "trendy" and every one wants to show that they are part of the in-group.

Having to pay in order to be save from impersonation sound like extortion though.



You are being downvoted, but the news just broke that this is true. No id verification will take place for the $8. Just a cc.


A credit card is tied to your ID through your bank or other cc provider.

If you abuse the rules your payment account and your Twitter account will be banned [0].

Maybe you have more than one CC, but keep playing shenanigans and you’ll eventually run out.

An $8 disincentive is also enough of a bar to knock out 95% of the problem.

0: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587853006699401216#m


That would only be true if scammers and other professional criminals were not already easily able to obtain stolen CCs and other payment methods. And that's who you're trying to protect against, not the average person.




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